Progressive Palaeontology

Well hello there,

As most of you are probably aware, ProgPal was held in Bristol at the end of last week. Ceri, Jen, and myself made it along, but I thought I'd just write a quick post to let the rest of you know how it went. Most of the talks on Friday were really good, and Ceri's (which opened the day) was predictably excellent. On Saturday we went fossil hunting near the Severn Bridge, although I spent most of the time lazing about in the sun. I did however apply myself to the task in hand for long enough to find a lump of limestone with a shark spine (dorsal), a bit of Pachystropheus vertebrae, and lots of fish scales in it. Given that I am usually a supremely unlucky fossil hunter I was rather pleased!

There were no noteworthy quotes unfortunately, but Jen, first getting herself inebriated so that she could communicate with Simon on his own level, then proceeded to give the luckless fellow some career advice. Well done Jen!