13. Life as a Field Geologist

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The formative reason behind my decision to study geology at university was my determination to go for a career as far as possible in the open air, a determination nurtured by natural history interests during my later school years and reinforced by my army experience...

14. The Offshore Years

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Prelude I like to think my offshore interests lasted most of my life, but it is true to say that owing to force of circumstances my really active activities in marine matters peaked in the two decades spanning the late 1960’s to early 1980’s.  I grew up,...

15. Overseas 1974 – 1976

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Although we had quite frequent holiday visits to France and Spain during post-war years I had very limited overseas professional contact.  There were visits to meetings of the International Carboniferous Congress in Aachen and Paris and one brief visit to the Ruhr...

16. Geological Survey 1975 – 1980

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Here are a few diary dates: 1975 Feb 27 to 1 March.  Visiting Norway (Stavanger) and Denmark (Copenhagen) re co-operation in North Sea mapping. April 2.  Visit of delegation from Chinese Oceanological Society. July 21.  Paper Board for my replacement as District...

17. Fiji 1982 – 1984

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After I had been retired from IGS (or BGS as it has mercifully now become) for around a year, and we were feeling semi- settled at Whirlow in Ottery St Mary’s West Hill, I was surprised to receive an invitation to take a two-year post-retirement contract in Fiji.  The...

18. The Literary Years

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Ever since my teens I have attached a great deal of importance to writing.  Leaving aside technical work, I have, however, rarely sought to get anything into print, pleading that my interest has been in writing for its own sake, not in suffering the humiliations of...
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