Bowleaze Cove, nr. Weymouth - Warning!

Bowleaze Cove and Redcliffe Point are great places for Oxford Clay and Kimmeridge Clay fossils.
But beware of the current state of the cliff here. At some point, a very large amount of clay will spill onto the beach, where it'll be a fossil collector's paradise but this link gives an insight into the care that needs to be taken at this locality currently.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-21806314

dangerous, but please do say when it falls

ermaster wrote: dangerous, but please do say when it falls

You'll probably hear it in Gloucestershire when it does!

stevesnowball wrote: You'll probably hear it in Gloucestershire when it does!

Ha ha ha maybe that was what the last loud sound was

That's exactly where my dissertation was.. I hope I never go back there

Look at the size of that beast!!!

macrocephale wrote:That's exactly where my dissertation was.. I hope I never go back there

Now, I hope you weren't in any way responsible?

I was a student down in Weymouth, living at Ringstead Bay, many years ago. I return every year.

Seriously though, I went to Bowleaze Cove a couple of years back, just after some wild storms in October. Some very large chunks of Oxford Clay had fallen onto the beach and had been subjected to the evening tide. And next morning..wow! Just so many really good fossils, which you just don't see in situ. Enormous Gryphaea dilatata, wonderful ammonites, brachiopods, etc. all uncrushed and whole.
When this enormous slice of the Dorset Coastal Path descends onto the foreshore below it'll be a dream. Maybe Craig should hire a mini-bus for the occasion!

Yeah, Craig..... Sort out a mini bus, don't forget to pick me up!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
a mini bus it is :-)