Winter Workshop 2025: Preston Montford, Shropshire

Event Type
Field Meetings
Start date
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Event Description:

A Bring your Problems workshop

Workshop facilitators: Brian Coppins & Neil Sanderson

Field visit leaders: Mary & Eric Steer

Date: Friday 21st to Monday 24th February 2025

The ‘bring your problems’ workshop has been a feature of the BLS meetings programme for some time, all Lichenological & Lichenicolous fungi problems large and small are welcome. The meeting features a field visit to Alcott ancient woodland.

Meeting Base

The meeting will be residential at Preston Montford Field Studies Council centre near Shrewsbury SY4 LDX 

www.field-studies-council.org/prestonmontford

Phone: 01743 852 040

Accommodation and costs

Accommodation for 20+ people in single and twin en-suite rooms has been reserved and a deposit paid by the BLS. Full board accommodation including dinner, breakfast and light lunch for 3 nights is £295.20 including VAT for single rooms and £226.80 for twin (shared) rooms. The price includes the cost of the meeting and microscope rooms 

Attendees wishing to stay on Thursday night must book and pay their own accommodation. The cost of a single room for Thursday night is £42.00 and £35.00 for a twin (shared) room.

Booking

Attendees should book their rooms with the field meeting secretary, Graham Boswell, email togooutdoors@hotmail.com or by post to Base Lodge 16 The Parks, Minehead TA24 8BS. And pay a deposit of £50 in to the British Lichen Society (not the BLS) Bank Account, CAF Bank sort code 40-52-40 Account No. 00012363 and reference the payment Winter Workshop.

Microscope Work

Meeting rooms have been reserved for the duration of the meeting for microscope work and presentations. The BLS microscopes will be available for communal use.