Margot's Blog

This last full day of our hike was forecast to be wet! And we wondered what to do with that knowledge. We decided to walk to Curbar and get ...

As usual, we woke up at 7. That’s when the light wakes Henco up, and when he’s awake he wants coffee. If we wouldn’t be awake yet, the rattl...

We woke up on the moors, surrounded by grouse sounds. And after breakfast we were on our way again. It was lovely weather again! And we head...

We would meet at lunchtime in Edale. The same location we had met last year . We had quite enjoyed the Peaks, and I suggested going again, a...

This big task is over for this year! Every autumn, I have to give all the 3rd year students a dissertation topic, and I encourage them to de...

The annual Swamphike was upon us! We would go as soon as reading week would start. We don’t have contact hours with the students then. But ...

After I pick the fossil foraminifera , it’s time for the students to pick the foraminifera from the surface samples they took . This year it...