This trip was a late addition to the SW Branch programme. There has never been a Russell Society trip to the island and we were interested in the scree slopes on the eastern side of the island which contain material rejected from the quarries when they worked in Victorian times. We were given permission by the Landmark Trust who run the island on behalf of the National Trust to collect material providing we did not damage the solid geology and did not take hammers. These conditions were volunteered by me as I knew miarolitic material still existed in variously shaped blocks.
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