As part of Earth Science Week every October, we hold an ‘open conservation’ session in Kendal End Quarry – there is a footpath above the quarry so it enables us to catch people as they pass by and then we can tell them about the work we are doing and why! The article about our work day last year can be read here: Kendal End 2014 [opens in new tab].
 
In 2015 we returned to this small quarry and with the help of the Duke of Edinburgh group, the entrance to the quarry has been cut back and tidied up. We all worked on tidying up the rockface and removing vegetation and the aim was to dig down slightly further to expose more rocks. These rocks are Lickey Quartzite; this quarry is towards the southern end of the Lickey Ridge, and we have uncovered two possible faults.
 
The before and after picture below shows what we accomplished during this session, with a possible thrust fault shown on the left.

Before and after!