This is the blog of our ‘Canary Islands: Volcanic Island Hopping’ tour, which we completed in December 2019. The Canary Islands are a fascinating volcanic archipelago with many stunning geological features.
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Italy 2019
This is a blog of our Classic Volcanoes of Italy tour, which we lead for the third time in October 2019. Italy is a volcanically active country, containing the only active volcanoes in mainland Europe.
ICELAND 2019
This is a blog of our Geology of Iceland tour, which we lead for the fourth time in September 2019. Iceland is one of the world’s most spectacular geological destinations, with volcanoes, rifting crust, glaciers and waterfalls.
Wales 2019
In early July 2019 we completed the Wales portion of our ‘England and Wales’ tour as a private tour for two guests who then joined us on our Scotland tour that followed a few days later.
Canary Islands
We have just returned from an exciting trip to the Canary Islands where we were checking out the geology in … More
Recce to SW England
This weekend I had an enjoyable yet wet and windy time recceing some sites for April 6-13 ‘Fossils, mines and … More
Day 3: Morocco’s Trilobite Kingdom, 31 Oct to 10 Nov 2016
This morning’s site is near to the town of Alnif and is in Cambrian sedimentary rocks. Here it is possible … More
Day 2: Morocco’s Trilobite Kingdom 31 Oct – 10 Nov, 2016
http://www.geoworldtravel.com/morocco.php Our first stop this morning is an amazing pre-cambrain stromatolite site near to Ouarzazate. Next we head to the Draa … More
Adventures and Geology in the Pitcairn Islands
The next group of islands we reached on our GeoWorld Travel voyage west across the Pacific was the Pitcairn Group. … More
Statues and Volcanoes on Easter Island
Our voyage to the volcanoes of Pitcairn and French Polynesia started in Easter Island. This mythical island is an anthropological … More
NordVest Fjord and Ofjord on my latest trip to Greenland
The Geology of this part of Scoresby Sund is dominated by 1 billion year old metamorphic rocks.
Northern Lights in Scoresby Sund
We are just back in Iceland after another trip to East Greenland. Here are some pictures of the Northern Lights … More