FIELD MEETNGS FOR 1914 1 65 



Mr. John Losh, Newcastle 



Mr. J. Ford Maling, Saltwell 



Mr. Edward Potts, Cleadon 



Mr. R. Pyle, Whitley Bay 



Miss Roberts, Blaydon 



Mr. C. E. Robson (Hon. Secretary) Newcastle 



Miss Joyce H. Robson, B.Sc, Newcastle 



Mr. George Sisson, Hexham 



Mr. Nicholas Temperley, Low Fell 



Mr. W. Leonard Turner, Low Fell 



Master C. Waite, Newcastle 



Mr. J. D. Walker, J. P., Newcastle 



Rev. Arthur Watts, F.G.S., Witton Gilbert 



Misses Wilson, Rowlands Gill 



Mr. Cuthbert B. Wilson, Newcastle 

 Our Opening Meeting was held at Barrasford, on the 

 North Tyne, on Saturday, the 2nd of May, 1914. We had 

 an excellent attendance, many of our members taking this 

 their first opportunity of engaging in actual field work after 

 the somewhat inactive months of winter. From the very 

 beginning circumstances combined to make this Meeting a 

 thoroughly enjoyable one. Friends met at the station who 

 had lost sight of each other for many months, and now showed 

 an eagerness to once more link up companionship in the 

 pursuit of their favourite studies. The weather was gloriously 

 bright and the scenery on the west line, interesting at any 

 time, to-day provided the party with ample material to discuss 

 during the short time spent in the train. After getting well 

 away from the town and beyond Blaydon, one could not help 

 but admire the glorious array of colour on either side of the 

 track. The earlier trees had already got their new foliage, 

 while others were just budding and in that interesting half 

 stage which so delights the eye. Not only in the woodlands 

 but in the meadows too the spirit of early summer was 

 abroad, and features which in an ordinary way might be con- 

 sidered commonplace were on this bright May morning 

 transformed into objects of beauty and interest. In this way, a 



