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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