The one thing retirement provided was time to enjoy the outdoors during daylight hours in the winter period, But what to do?, The light is not always conducive to photography, walking the dog, though enjoyable but not quite stimulating, led to viewing a poster for "Kirkcaldy geologists". So far my main interests with the natural world has definitely been in the here and now. So in Feb 2017 I "gatecrashed" the meeting being held to discuss the forthcoming seasons outings which take place every Wednesday morning and I was up and running, It has been very instructive visiting various locations in Fife to find out what has transpired in the formation of our county from the time when it straddled the equator with the subsequent volcanic and afforestation and accumulation of coalfields and sediments which is very evident here on the Wemyss estate.
Today's outing was to St Andrews university to view the fossil fish specimens excavated from a quarry in Dura Den. It's thought they died when their pool dried out but must have been quickly covered to enable the incredible degree of detail to be as well preserved as it is.