Sketches by Ben Peach, Geological Survey of Scotland Geologist

BGS image ID: P612884

Loch Glencoul, North-west Highlands, a watercolour sketch by Ben Peach

Before field photography was practical geologists used to create sketches like this in their notebooks and field slips.

BGS image ID: P612879

Sketch in field notebook, by Ben Peach. Peach would often sketch a wide range of non-geological subjects - perhaps he was sitting in a bothy somewhere waiting for the summer rain to stop, doodling faces, animals, cartoons whatever came to his mind!

Bob McIntosh