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Light Beer: the Cretaceous’s so bright I gotta wear shades!

30. October 2015by Karsten Eig 2 Comments

On our tour along the channel coast, we have been to the Triassic and Jurassic, and now for the third part of the trifle: the Cretaceous. We leave the grey […]

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Cretaceous, Devon, England, Sand, shale and gravel, Travel Tips

Lyme Regis, the cradle of paleontology

13. October 2015by Karsten Eig 3 Comments

On the English Channel coast, in Dorset, Lyme Regis is a small, cosy town, with white houses and a long pebble beach. At first glance, one of many cute overload […]

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Dorset, England, Fossils, dinosaurs, evolution, Jurassic, Mesozoic, Travel Tips

How to bike the English Channel Coast (with help of plane and trains)

22. September 2015by Karsten Eig 2 Comments

The garden of England. The cradle of geology. The buffer zone against the frog eaters. Dear Channel Coast has many names, and from the wild coast of Cornwall to rolling […]

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England, Travel Tips

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Karsten Eig

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