Saturday, 6 August 2022

Windy Day: a once a year discussion of things aeolian; Loess & Dust & Sand Dunes etc

 Once every year (more or less) the Windy Day meeting is held- usually at a university in Middle England. The topics discussed relate to aeolian sediments and aeolian geomorphology. Its a one day meeting and very informal. Here is some history in the form of a list of meetings:

1.   1993   Friday 7th May                University of Oxford

2.   1994   May                                  University College London

3.   1995   Thursday 11th May          University of Sheffield

4.   1996   Wednesday 8th May         Nene College, Northampton

5.   1997   Wednesday 2nd April       Nottingham Trent University

6.   1998   Thursday 14th May          Queen Mary, University of London

7.   1999   Wednesday 23rd June       Cheltenham & Gloucester College

8.   2000   Tuesday 30th May            Anglia Polytechnic University

9.   2001   Tuesday 29th May            University of Luton

10. 2002   Monday 27th May            University of Oxford

11. 2003   Wednesday 14th May        University College Northmapton

12. 2005   Wednesday 2nd February  Geological Society, London  

13. 2007   Wednesday 24th October   University of Northampton

14. 2008   Friday 24th October           Kings College London

15. 2009   Friday 23rd October           Loughborough University

16. 2010   Monday 18th October        Royal Geographical Society, London

17. 2011   Wednesday 19th October    University of Sheffield

18. 2012   Wednesday 17th October    University of Leicester

19. 2013   Wednesday 23rd October      University of Southampton

20. 2014   Wednesday 8th October       University of Oxford

21. 2015   Wednesday 21st October      University of Reading

22. 2016    Wednesday 26th October     Loughborough University

23. 2017    Wednesday 1st November    University of Manchester

24.  2018   Wednesday 7th November    University College London

25.  2019    Wednesday 30th October     University of Northampton



26.  2022     Friday 17th June                  Loughborough University


4 meetings at Northampton, 3 at Loughborough and Oxford, 2 at UCL and Sheffield. Delegates were able to observe the evolution of Nene College as it became University College Northampton and then the University of Northampton.  The Luton meeting took place just before Luton University disappeared. WD just survived the Covid 19 pandemic; its future is under consideration.. there will be a meeting in 2023: Friday 19th May 2023 at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford.



             

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