My name is Morag Smith and I'm a geologist.  I grew up in the historic town of Arbroath, Scotland immersed in the local fishing heritage and from an early age I knew I wanted to work in the earth sciences.  I studied at St. Andrews University then Camborne School of Mines before starting work as an exploration geologist underground at Boubly Mine in North Yorkshire.  I was the 1st female they had ever employed to work in their technical team.  I then moved to Australia where mining was booming at the time and worked as geologist in mineral exploration in the Outback of Australia then moved into petroleum exploration for a number of years.  It was such a privilege to be able to experience the wilds of the Australian Outback and work with so many amazing locals.  

My husband and I had our first daughter in Australia and soon after decided that we needed a new adventure in our lives so moved back to Scotland to bring up our children and be near family.  We had another daughter once settled back in Arbroath and are having great fun bringing them up on the East Coast of Scotland and rediscovering this part of the world as a family.  I developed an idea to start walking tours in Angus while still living in Australia wanting to promote the geology of our land bringing the stories to life and sharing them with the public.  This is how Stories of Stone was born.  It is a new venture only having started in 2024 but already we have taken many people out to the cliffs in Arbroath to help bring awareness to this hidden gem in Scotland.