Stones To Stories: Sea Dragons And Second Chances with Matthew Myerscough

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Can searching the rocks for sea dragons bring you back from the worst day of your life? In this week's episode I swap the underground for the shoreline with fossil hunter Matthew Myerscough, whose story starts with an avalanche on Yr Wyddfa and leads to the ancient seas of the Severn shores. Along the way we talk about Mary Anning and the two kinds of time travel, a plesiosaur paddle rescued from a Somerset boulder in fifteen pieces, and the fifty million dollar T. rex that sold at auction the very day we recorded.

For the first time ever, you can also watch this conversation on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Guests

Matthew Myerscough

@severn.sea.fossils

The Book

In Search of Sea Dragons: A Fossil Hunter's Odyssey - buy direct from Seren Books

@serenbooks

Links

Mudlarking by Lara Maiklem (affiliate link) - the book that inspired Matthew to write his own

National Museum Cardiff - new home of the Lavernock pliosaur jaw

Guided fossil walks for beginners:

Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre 

Fossilwise guided walks, Lyme Regis - https://www.fossilwise.com/

Whitby fossil hunting guide - https://www.visitwhitby.com/blog/great-tips-finding-whitby-fossils/

Wight Coast Fossils (Isle of Wight) - https://wightcoastfossils.co.uk/fossilwalks/

The Fossil Collecting Code - https://charmouth.org/chcc/the-fossil-collecting-code/

Next time: The Lost World with Richard Fallon - Wednesday 5th August

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