Stuart Swales
@taynappe.bsky.social
Botherer of the rocks of Highland Perthshire, Scotland.
Open University Geological Society Chairperson (and Webmaster)
For OUGS Social Media follow: https://bsky.app/profile/ougeolsoc.bsky.social
Open University Geological Society Chairperson (and Webmaster)
For OUGS Social Media follow: https://bsky.app/profile/ougeolsoc.bsky.social
Memories of expensive computing... From my 1984 geophysics 3rd year report
November 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Memories of expensive computing... From my 1984 geophysics 3rd year report
Mines? The baryte mine?
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Mines? The baryte mine?
The Inbox of the Beast
November 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The Inbox of the Beast
The Version Number of the Beast
October 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The Version Number of the Beast
There'd be a bigger 'thunk' if you bumped into Nordrhein-Westfalen though (as bumped into in Bergen this summer)
October 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
There'd be a bigger 'thunk' if you bumped into Nordrhein-Westfalen though (as bumped into in Bergen this summer)
Someone this afternoon posted on our local group an image taken by the courier of a 'successful delivery' (i.e. to someone else's address)!
October 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Someone this afternoon posted on our local group an image taken by the courier of a 'successful delivery' (i.e. to someone else's address)!
It must be #FridayFold ⚒️ time!
Carboniferous Crackington Formation at Hartland Quay, Devon, UK (similar to Millook Haven further south along the coast, but upright here)
Carboniferous Crackington Formation at Hartland Quay, Devon, UK (similar to Millook Haven further south along the coast, but upright here)
October 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It must be #FridayFold ⚒️ time!
Carboniferous Crackington Formation at Hartland Quay, Devon, UK (similar to Millook Haven further south along the coast, but upright here)
Carboniferous Crackington Formation at Hartland Quay, Devon, UK (similar to Millook Haven further south along the coast, but upright here)
Almost forgot #FridayFold ⚒️ Upright synform/antiform pair at Croyde Bay, North Devon (Pilton Mudstone Formation). Nice cleavage.
October 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Almost forgot #FridayFold ⚒️ Upright synform/antiform pair at Croyde Bay, North Devon (Pilton Mudstone Formation). Nice cleavage.
From the other place
October 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
From the other place
Want to improve your field mapping skills? Come along on the OUGS Advanced Geological Field Mapping week with Dr Nick Chidlaw in Perthshire next Spring! Open to all, not just OUGS Members.
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Want to improve your field mapping skills? Come along on the OUGS Advanced Geological Field Mapping week with Dr Nick Chidlaw in Perthshire next Spring! Open to all, not just OUGS Members.
From the other place:
Free Webinar from the Yorkshire Geological Society this Thursday @ 7:00pm UK Time. David Hodgetts from VRGeoscience Limited will be giving the talk: "Beyond the Field: How digital technologies transform outcrop studies"
Free Webinar from the Yorkshire Geological Society this Thursday @ 7:00pm UK Time. David Hodgetts from VRGeoscience Limited will be giving the talk: "Beyond the Field: How digital technologies transform outcrop studies"
September 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
From the other place:
Free Webinar from the Yorkshire Geological Society this Thursday @ 7:00pm UK Time. David Hodgetts from VRGeoscience Limited will be giving the talk: "Beyond the Field: How digital technologies transform outcrop studies"
Free Webinar from the Yorkshire Geological Society this Thursday @ 7:00pm UK Time. David Hodgetts from VRGeoscience Limited will be giving the talk: "Beyond the Field: How digital technologies transform outcrop studies"
'Smart devices', eh?
September 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
'Smart devices', eh?
Bus stopped for folk to take pictures of the waterfall across the fjord. Guess who is going to look at rocks.
August 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Bus stopped for folk to take pictures of the waterfall across the fjord. Guess who is going to look at rocks.
August 5th 2025 is the thirtieth anniversary of Mark Colton's tragic death in a racing accident.
Mark was killed in his Pilbeam-Judd MP72-02 during a practice run at the Craigantlet hillclimb circuit in Northern Ireland.
Sadly missed by his friends and colleagues.
Mark was killed in his Pilbeam-Judd MP72-02 during a practice run at the Craigantlet hillclimb circuit in Northern Ireland.
Sadly missed by his friends and colleagues.
August 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
August 5th 2025 is the thirtieth anniversary of Mark Colton's tragic death in a racing accident.
Mark was killed in his Pilbeam-Judd MP72-02 during a practice run at the Craigantlet hillclimb circuit in Northern Ireland.
Sadly missed by his friends and colleagues.
Mark was killed in his Pilbeam-Judd MP72-02 during a practice run at the Craigantlet hillclimb circuit in Northern Ireland.
Sadly missed by his friends and colleagues.
Pootled over to Kinloch Rannoch and swung by the beach (looking at the clasts...). Here is Schiehallion.
August 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Pootled over to Kinloch Rannoch and swung by the beach (looking at the clasts...). Here is Schiehallion.
Tiny #FridayFold ⚒️ in the Moine of Uisken beach, Mull
August 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Tiny #FridayFold ⚒️ in the Moine of Uisken beach, Mull
Must be #FridayFold ⚒️ time...
Wee antiform with layers nicely plucked apart by wave action. Glenfinnan Group Moine, Uisken beach (E), Mull. [Oh, alright, it's now part of the Loch Ness Supergroup]
Wee antiform with layers nicely plucked apart by wave action. Glenfinnan Group Moine, Uisken beach (E), Mull. [Oh, alright, it's now part of the Loch Ness Supergroup]
August 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Must be #FridayFold ⚒️ time...
Wee antiform with layers nicely plucked apart by wave action. Glenfinnan Group Moine, Uisken beach (E), Mull. [Oh, alright, it's now part of the Loch Ness Supergroup]
Wee antiform with layers nicely plucked apart by wave action. Glenfinnan Group Moine, Uisken beach (E), Mull. [Oh, alright, it's now part of the Loch Ness Supergroup]
Quick one for #MineralMonday - wee garnets in a stripy schist block in the east wall of my house
July 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Quick one for #MineralMonday - wee garnets in a stripy schist block in the east wall of my house