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> From:         Jennifer Hanhila[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:         donderdag 15 oktober 1998 16:14
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> Subject:      Great Britain (and across the Channel)
>
> Dear Conch-lers,
>      I have certainly enjoyed reading what you all have to say to one
> another over the past two months.  What it really has done is open my
> eyes to the fact that I'm not the truly scientific type.  I greatly
> admire those of you who are on faculties of universities, etc.  You
> (all, not just the professors) have a wealth of knowledge that is so
> impressive.
>      I'd like to repeat a request for some information.  We'll be
> leaving for England on Wednesday.  I'm still hoping that someone will
> have some shelling info. that might be helpful.  As I previously stated,
> we're very open to travel in England (all parts), Wales,and Scotland.
> We also intend to cross the channel to visit Normandy.  Do you have any
> ideas about those areas?
>      I have heard from some of you, and to you I say "THANKS!"  You know
> who you are.
>      Another query....do you know of any lists that just regular,
> amateur collectors like me (about shells, of course) subscribe to?  I'd
> like to correspond with shellers who might enjoy something as simple as
> collecting NICE beach shells, or ones that you snorkel for
> in shallow water.
>      Thanks for your help and advice.  You are a MOST IMPRESSIVE group!
>                 Regards from, Jennifer Hanhila (Phoenix, Az)
>
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        Dear Jennifer,
 
        You can find quite a lot of shells in Normandy. I had good results
in Hougate, if you can find some shell-grit. Moreover ther are much valves
of Acanthocardia echinata on the beach. If yoo go to the east fou find an
enormous cliff (les falaises de les vaches noires) where you can find
jurassic fossils, and the landscape is nice.
I collected on Omaha-beach and on Utah-beach, the latter yieds much
Pandora-valves. These beaches are on the north of Normandy.
In the West I collected on the beach of Surtainville, where you can find
numerous Patella ulyssiponensis. There is a large rock-system before the
beach that is accesable at low tide (please keep in mind that the
differences in waterlevel are up to 10 m!). You can find several molluscs
there on the rocks e.g. Trivia monacha and Patella intermedia. French are
hunting there for a meal of "fruits de mere".
In the bay of Mont St. Michel also shelling is possibel, I collected in
Cherreuix (just in Brittany) where very nice specimens of Ocenebra erinacea
can be found. The cretaceous cliffs in the north-east of Normandy
(Dieppe-cap d'Antifer) yields only a few molluscs, but the cliffs are
spectacular.
 I hope you can do some good shelling!
                                Martin Cadee
                                leiden, The Netherlands.