In the field with Joe: early excursions of the Freelance Geological Society

Fieldwork in the twenty-first century is the subject of health and safety legislation and paperwork, as we don our luminous jackets and protective helmets. Sometimes, the geology can feel like an afterthought. Contrast this with the Freelance Geological Society in the late 1940s and after, in the field most weekends, collecting, climbing and caving, in a post-war world with abundant quarries and mines.