Sunday 19 October (Field Meeting): 50th Anniversary Part 2: Permo-Triassic and the Ice Age in the Black Country. Led by Graham Worton and Andy Harrison. Meet on Darby's Hill Road at 9.45 for a 10.00 start. Park opposite Oakham Primary School in the lay-by on the Birmingham side of the hill (GR SO966892, postcode B69 1SQ). We start at Darby's Hill viewpoint. Then we move down to St Brades Close and the Blue Rock Quarry / Portway Hill site. From there we take in a site new to most people (Barnford Hill park) and the Pudding Rock. Then we head over to Wordsley Ridge / Brierley Hill Road to look at the red sandstone and pebble bed exposures there. Finish in Old Wharf Lane Stourbridge, where we can see a huge new exposure in the red sandstones and the terrace of the River Stour. Bring a packed lunch, wear walking shoes and appropriate outdoor clothing.

Click here for a Google map for lay-by on Darby's Hill Road.