{"id":8260,"date":"2013-02-08T14:20:23","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T14:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/?p=8260"},"modified":"2021-01-17T13:14:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T13:14:10","slug":"valentines-day-geology-walk-planned-for-fife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/valentines-day-geology-walk-planned-for-fife\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentines Day Geology Walk planned for Fife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/fiferocks1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/fiferocks1.jpg\" alt=\"fiferocks\" width=\"310\" height=\"208\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8262\" \/><\/a>Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) is inviting people to a fascinating free Valentines Day walk to hear the stories hidden within Fife&#8217;s coastal rocks.<\/p>\n<p>Formed in coal swamps, tropical seas and by erupting volcanoes, Fife&#8217;s rocks have influenced its economic heritage, but also formed the intricate shapes of its coastline.<\/p>\n<p>The rocks on the Fife coast are around 300 to 360 to million years old. When they were formed, Scotland lay at the equator and had a tropical climate. Carboniferous age rocks such as these are the source of coal, limestone, fireclay, and oil shale in central Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>SNH geologist, Rachel Wignall, will lead the walk. Rachel said: \u201cWe don\u2019t expect any heart-shaped rocks, but this walk will give you plenty to talk about on Valentine\u2019s Day! Being a geologist is a bit like being a detective \u2013 but we get to discover clues from millions of years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The walk begins at 10.30 am on Thursday, 14 February, and will take about two hours. Meet at the St Monans Parish Church car park, Braehead, St Monans. Suitable warm and waterproof clothing and footwear are recommended. This walk is mainly on foreshore rocks, and these may be slippery. For more information, contact Sarah Eaton, SNH Cupar on 01334 654038.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) is inviting people to a fascinating free Valentines Day walk to hear the stories hidden within Fife&#8217;s coastal rocks. Formed in coal swamps, tropical seas and by erupting volcanoes, Fife&#8217;s rocks have influenced its economic heritage, but also formed the intricate shapes of its coastline. The rocks on the Fife coast are around 300 to 360 to million years old. When they were formed, Scotland lay at the equator and had a tropical climate. Carboniferous age rocks such as these are the source of coal, limestone, fireclay, and oil shale in central Scotland. SNH geologist, Rachel<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/valentines-day-geology-walk-planned-for-fife\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more &#8250;<\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-walking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8260"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24485,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8260\/revisions\/24485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}