ScottishGeodiversity

Non-governmental organisation promoting Scotland's amazing geodiversity. We have developed Scotland's Geodiversity Charter and organise conferences & events.

[ScottishGeodiversity @ScotGeodForum]

The Scottish Geodiversity Forum has closed. We have achieved great things over 9 years: Scotland's Geodiversity Charter, the 51 Best Places and the Hugh Miller Writing Competition amongst them. We pass the torch on to @scottishgeology, please
Follow - Donate - Join - Volunteer.

[Dr Katie Strang @palaeokatie]

That was a pretty emotional meeting to dissolve the Scottish Geodiversity Forum... but onwards and upwards with the new @scottishgeology trust! Lots of good discussion and familiar faces, exciting times ahead! P.s. you can join the trust here - https://t.co/mqg0lt3ZtX 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⛏

[ScottishGeodiversity @ScotGeodForum]

Glad you're pleased with your books, Vee! Hope you enjoy Miller's ORS.

[@veewalkerwrites 🙏🌹 @veewalkerwrites]

Thank you to the #HughMillerWritingComp team for my spiffing books, part of a fabulous first prize. A folio edition of Hugh's Old Red Sandstone. Wow. Snuffle. Read #CinderToffee https://t.co/EI5OQirhnw @Ammonites_Stars @KashiHouse @friendsofmiller @N_T_S @KateyBoal @HighlandLIT

[The Scottish Geology Trust @scottishgeology]

Join us on Thu 25 June, 2-4 pm for "360° View – Scotland’s geological assets". Formal dissolution of the Scottish Geodiversity Forum, and looking to a bright future with the Scottish Geology Trust as an active and engaging hub promoting Scotland's geology
https://t.co/C9S20a05v6

[Cateran Ecomuseum @CateranEco]

Today our #Cateran100 poem is

'Highland Boundary Fault, Balmaha'

by Alison Cohen, who one 1st Prize in the #HughMillerWritingCompetition 2020

https://t.co/Cpi96YS1zX

Thank you Alison!

#Cateranpoems

[Cateran Ecomuseum @CateranEco]

Our #Cateran100 poem today is
'Pneumodesmus Newmani' by writer and stonemason Alex Woodcock who won 1st prize in poetry in the 2017/18 Hugh Miller Writing Competition

https://t.co/q6mmzsQRQI

Thank you Alex!

#Cateranpoems
@beakheads

[ScottishGeodiversity @ScotGeodForum]

Don't follow us, follow them ⬇️ The Scottish Geodiversity Forum is dissolving on 25 June. Please Follow - Join - Donate - Volunteer the new Scottish Geology Trust @scottishgeology !
https://t.co/lmjp9WJBtp

[The Scottish Geology Trust @scottishgeology]

🎉We're delighted our latest e-newsletter is now out which shares the fantastic news of our ✨new✨ website being launched along with SGT Membership🖊️
Join - Donate - Volunteer ⬇️
See the latest news here https://t.co/x652ZyKuLJ

[Cateran Ecomuseum @CateranEco]

Today, we have the work of another young poet, Claire Rinterknecht, who won the 1st prize in the under-18 poetry in the #HughMillerWritingCompetition 2020 with this poem.

'The Standing Stones Of Stenness'

https://t.co/JxZ0I5sZKF

Thank you Claire!

#Cateranpoems
#Cateran100

[Forestry and Land Scotland @ForestryLS]

Congratulations to Alison Cohen on winning the poetry category in this year's #HughMillerWritingCompetition. Alison was inspired by one of our very favourite places - Balmaha, overlooking Loch Lomond. https://t.co/LnoPo44B1R

[Cateran Ecomuseum @CateranEco]

Today our #Cateran100 poem for you is 'The Testimony Of The Rocks' by Jack Cooper.

He won the inaugural Middleton-Miller Prize in the #HughMillerWritingCompetition 2020 with this poem:

https://t.co/o6Dqweztlc

Thank you Jack!

#Cateranpoems
@JackCooper666

[ScottishGeodiversity @ScotGeodForum]

Nice wee celebratory article in the Dumfries & Galloway Standard today about the writing competition and one of our highly-commended poetry winners, Dr Stuart Graham. https://t.co/b6LelLsg8v

[Dr Elsa Panciroli @gsciencelady]

I'm proud to be one of the judging panel for this #writing competition. This year's winners are simply wonderful! #Scotland's #geology is inspirational, as is our scientific heritage 🏔️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿#poetry #HughMillerWritingCompetition @Ammonites_Stars https://t.co/czcfmlg0yQ

[ScottishGeodiversity @ScotGeodForum]

‘Avalonia loves Laurentia, graffitied in the rocks.’

Alison Cohen, Highland Boundary Fault, Balmaha, 1st prize poetry #HughMillerWritingCompetition https://t.co/xgyjLEID2f

[ScottishGeodiversity @ScotGeodForum]

"Ben was on his knees at the foot of the crag, as though at prayer. ‘At last, John. See there. And there? Clearly Pre-Cambrian, yes? Schists, great sparkling layers of them.'..."
Vee Walker, Cinder Toffee, 1st prize Fiction #HughMillerWritingCompetition https://t.co/xgyjLEID2f

[ScottishGeodiversity @ScotGeodForum]

‘The stones feel like Dad’s chin, unshaven.
My pale fingertips touch the dark surface,
dappled with white and grey'

Claire Rinterknecht, The Standing Stones of Stenness
1st prize under-18 poetry #HughMillerWritingCompetition https://t.co/xgyjLEID2f

[NatureScot @NatureScot]

Congratulations to SNH’s Stuart Graham who has been given a Highly Commended Award in this year’s prestigious Hugh Miller Writing Competition. On our blog today he shares the landscapes that inspired his work and his winning poem: https://t.co/T1ZawQoN0q #geology #poetry

[@veewalkerwrites 🙏🌹 @veewalkerwrites]

Attention #homeschooling parents - into #edibleexperiments? My free #RecipeOfTheDay for #KnockanCrag #CinderToffee is now uploaded beside my prizewinning short story of the same name here: https://t.co/EI5OQirhnw @SNH_Tweets @SNH_Science @Ammonites_Stars @KashiHouse @JamieOliver

[ScottishGeodiversity @ScotGeodForum]

'Where in Summer
Otters dive deep into the river’s rich clear waters
For fish'

Adela Margallo, Spey Bay through the Seasons, 2nd prize under-18 poetry #HughMillerWritingCompetition https://t.co/xgyjLEID2f

[ScottishGeodiversity @ScotGeodForum]

The dissolution of the Scottish Geodiversity Forum is on hold, but a reminder that we are transferring assets and activity to the new Scottish Geology Trust. This twitter account will gradually become mothballed ... please follow @scottishgeology

https://t.co/dFWJ4W47sj

[ScottishGeodiversity @ScotGeodForum]

To all our lovely followers (especially the newest ones): The Scottish Geodiversity Forum will be dissolved later this year to make way for the brand new Scottish Geology Trust - please follow @scottishgeology and check out https://t.co/dFWJ4W47sj for more details!

[The Scottish Geology Trust @scottishgeology]

📩Did you receive our latest e-newsletter? If not, be sure to sign-up for the next copy via our website and view May's issue here➡️ https://t.co/HljN2gskHz🌍
#ScottishGeology #geology