192 PROCEEDINGS OF THE COTTESWOLD CLUB 



The Treasurer presented his report, showing a balance 

 in hand in favour of the Club amounting to ;^86 13s 3d. 



The First Field Meeting of the season was held on 

 Thursday, 25th May, when an expedition was made to the 

 Wick Rocks. 



The Members assembled on the platform at Warmley 

 Station, where they were met by the Rev. H. Winwood, 

 one of the Vice-Presidents of the Club. A break was in 

 readiness to convey them to Naishcoombe Hill. Mr 

 Winwood here showed some excavations made in the 

 fields on both sides of the road to Quarry Ochre. 



A visit was then paid to a quarry on the left of the 

 Bristol and Bath road, the first exposure of the Millstone 

 Grit, which was seen dipping at a high angle. Several 

 specimens of the grit, which assumed the character of a 

 quartzitc, were taken as illustrative of its general appear- 

 ance in the Bristol district. 



After lunch, the Members, under Mr Winwood's guid- 

 ance, followed the left bank of the Boyd, until they came 

 to a section of the Millstone Grit on the right hand, 

 where Mr Winwood, with the aid of a geological map, 

 gave a lucid explanation of the geology of the district. 

 The arduous climb up the steep left slope of the ravine 

 led to a large quarry of the massive limestone dipping at 

 a high angle in the same direction as the overlying Mill- 

 stone Grit already passed, and to a projecting spur of rock 

 from whence a fine view up and down the gorge was seen. 

 Mr Lucy here pointed out an instance of Slickensides on 

 the face of a bed of limestone. This gave rise to a dis- 

 cussion as to the evidence of ice-action on the Cottes- 

 wolds and elsewhere in the district, until time warned the 

 Members to return to Warmlev. 



Before leaving for home, the President expressed the 

 very cordial thanks of the Club to Mr Winwood for the 

 able manner in which he had contributed to the success 

 of the day's proceedings. 



