Relevant to the Plymouth and District Branch
This update covers unreported lectures given from the end of 2019 to March 2020, commencing with an October 2019 presentation by Dr Simon Pittman about the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park. The official launch...
Our two summer visits were both to locations on Plymouth Hoe. In July we visited the Royal Citadel, Plymouth’s most important historic building and one of Britain’s finest 17th century fortresses. Commissioned by Charles...
Our February talk, entitled ‘The Western Channel Observatory’, was given by Dr Tim Smyth of the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML). The Western Channel Observatory is an oceanographic time-series and marine biodiversity reference site in...
The Branch had its AGM in January and discussed our past year and future Programme. We have not increased our attendance at our meetings (now evenings) despite in the past trying afternoon meetings with...
In July the Branch visited Mount Edgcumbe Park and had lunch at the Orangery. Later Gregory Carpenter gave a talk and conducted a walk around the grounds. He commented on literary aspects of the...