Low tide around Bude

I was out today with the Geology group in Bude.  We arrived for low tide which meant we could walk along the coast heading north with views back towards the spectacular cliffs.  The rocks here are part of the Bude formation, late Carboniferous and dominated by shales and sandstones.  The rocks were highly contorted with synclines and anticlines visible, see extras.  After lunch when we found one of our members who had got lost we walked to the southern area of the harbour where the whale rock - a distinct plunging anticline is clearly visible.  Looking in detail at the rocks you can see a very good example of of the turbidity current ripples in the softer darker shales ie the extra detailed extra where patterns of small waves can be seen.

An exciting day out and the weather held out for us to.  The main blip is of an Autumnal changeable sky just round the harbour bay from the start of the day.  I thought the rocks pools were lovely shapes but didn't realise we would be jumping from areas of dry sand to avoid the water in between as we returned.  Most of us had dry feet.