John Gilbey
@johngilbey.bsky.social
Science and SF writer, Photographer, Guardian Country Diary, SciFoo, TEDx, Geek-without-Porfolio, LaunchPadAstro, Professional survivor, FBCS, FRSA, Grandfather...
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John Gilbey
@johngilbey.bsky.social
· Aug 4
Well, it looks like I've reached 3500 followers here so maybe I'd better reintroduce myself.
Welcome! I'm a writer and photographer based in Wales. I write SF and science pieces as well as specialist technical articles - and the Guardian Country Diary.
I have a book out - which looks like this:
Welcome! I'm a writer and photographer based in Wales. I write SF and science pieces as well as specialist technical articles - and the Guardian Country Diary.
I have a book out - which looks like this:
I took this picture of a polar bear off the coast of Svalbard in the summer of 1979.
If I'm allowed a Bucket List, I'd welcome the opportunity to photograph them again...
Just saying... :-)
If I'm allowed a Bucket List, I'd welcome the opportunity to photograph them again...
Just saying... :-)
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I took this picture of a polar bear off the coast of Svalbard in the summer of 1979.
If I'm allowed a Bucket List, I'd welcome the opportunity to photograph them again...
Just saying... :-)
If I'm allowed a Bucket List, I'd welcome the opportunity to photograph them again...
Just saying... :-)
Phew...
Two feature articles delivered on the same day...
Let's hope they find favour with the editorial folk...
Probably time for a relaxing evening image...
Two feature articles delivered on the same day...
Let's hope they find favour with the editorial folk...
Probably time for a relaxing evening image...
November 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Phew...
Two feature articles delivered on the same day...
Let's hope they find favour with the editorial folk...
Probably time for a relaxing evening image...
Two feature articles delivered on the same day...
Let's hope they find favour with the editorial folk...
Probably time for a relaxing evening image...
Winter sunshine at Forty Steps, Nahant, MA...
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Winter sunshine at Forty Steps, Nahant, MA...
OK, so it isn't June any more... Sadly...
That doesn't mean we can't remember the beauty of summer evenings in rural Devon... Does it...?
That doesn't mean we can't remember the beauty of summer evenings in rural Devon... Does it...?
November 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
OK, so it isn't June any more... Sadly...
That doesn't mean we can't remember the beauty of summer evenings in rural Devon... Does it...?
That doesn't mean we can't remember the beauty of summer evenings in rural Devon... Does it...?
The current weather in the UK makes me think of autumn images... Like this one from mid-Devon, which I captured on medium format transparency film back in the 1980s...
November 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The current weather in the UK makes me think of autumn images... Like this one from mid-Devon, which I captured on medium format transparency film back in the 1980s...
When you find yourself inside an artwork, and just need to grab a picture...
SFMOMA, San Francisco, a while ago...
Wish I still had the jacket...
SFMOMA, San Francisco, a while ago...
Wish I still had the jacket...
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
When you find yourself inside an artwork, and just need to grab a picture...
SFMOMA, San Francisco, a while ago...
Wish I still had the jacket...
SFMOMA, San Francisco, a while ago...
Wish I still had the jacket...
Autumn colours on the Afon Mawddach, with the Penmaenpool toll bridge in the foreground.
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Autumn colours on the Afon Mawddach, with the Penmaenpool toll bridge in the foreground.
One of my Alamy images is used in @railmagazine.bsky.social this week. See if you can spot it... :-)
November 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
One of my Alamy images is used in @railmagazine.bsky.social this week. See if you can spot it... :-)
The sea and sky changes every instant, you just have to be there to see it...
November 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The sea and sky changes every instant, you just have to be there to see it...
Tromsø Havn, in the Norwegian arctic, on a beautiful day in June. I first arrived here by boat in 1979, and have been back since as time allows - a wonderful harbour.
November 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Tromsø Havn, in the Norwegian arctic, on a beautiful day in June. I first arrived here by boat in 1979, and have been back since as time allows - a wonderful harbour.
As close to space as I am likely to get...
37,000 feet above the North Atlantic on a Boeing 747, as the sky fades towards black...
37,000 feet above the North Atlantic on a Boeing 747, as the sky fades towards black...
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
As close to space as I am likely to get...
37,000 feet above the North Atlantic on a Boeing 747, as the sky fades towards black...
37,000 feet above the North Atlantic on a Boeing 747, as the sky fades towards black...
A biker takes a curve on US route 40 in Colorado, alongside the headwaters of the Colorado River on a clear day in June.
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A biker takes a curve on US route 40 in Colorado, alongside the headwaters of the Colorado River on a clear day in June.
Some images stay with you - like this one...
Taken from the train station, it shows a guy walking up a deserted street in Green River, Utah, with a suitcase.
I hope he got to where he was heading...
Taken from the train station, it shows a guy walking up a deserted street in Green River, Utah, with a suitcase.
I hope he got to where he was heading...
November 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Some images stay with you - like this one...
Taken from the train station, it shows a guy walking up a deserted street in Green River, Utah, with a suitcase.
I hope he got to where he was heading...
Taken from the train station, it shows a guy walking up a deserted street in Green River, Utah, with a suitcase.
I hope he got to where he was heading...
Time for a bit of autumn brutalism, I think...
November 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Time for a bit of autumn brutalism, I think...
A pale November sunset on the shores of Cardigan Bay, Wales, UK.
November 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A pale November sunset on the shores of Cardigan Bay, Wales, UK.
Afterglow...
Part of the value you get from living on the West Coast...
Of Wales, that is...
Part of the value you get from living on the West Coast...
Of Wales, that is...
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Afterglow...
Part of the value you get from living on the West Coast...
Of Wales, that is...
Part of the value you get from living on the West Coast...
Of Wales, that is...
Our first batch of cider for the year has been decanted and bottled.
Time to test a sample from a previous vintage...
Time to test a sample from a previous vintage...
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Our first batch of cider for the year has been decanted and bottled.
Time to test a sample from a previous vintage...
Time to test a sample from a previous vintage...
A lot of folk I know have had a really rubbish day, so here is a rainbow for anyone who is similarly afflicted and might benefit from one...
November 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A lot of folk I know have had a really rubbish day, so here is a rainbow for anyone who is similarly afflicted and might benefit from one...
That moment when you realise you need a new desktop PC to keep up with events, but can't believe it because the one you've got is almost brand new...
Oh, it was new in 2015... Really...? OK, well, maybe that's not quite so bad then...
Oh, it was new in 2015... Really...? OK, well, maybe that's not quite so bad then...
November 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
That moment when you realise you need a new desktop PC to keep up with events, but can't believe it because the one you've got is almost brand new...
Oh, it was new in 2015... Really...? OK, well, maybe that's not quite so bad then...
Oh, it was new in 2015... Really...? OK, well, maybe that's not quite so bad then...
An old film image from the 1980s, captured in mid-Devon on medium format transparency film.
Sheep may safely graze...
Sheep may safely graze...
November 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
An old film image from the 1980s, captured in mid-Devon on medium format transparency film.
Sheep may safely graze...
Sheep may safely graze...
For the late crowd, or those further west, my Country Diary is in the @theguardian.com today. Join me for an autumn walk...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: A landscape transforming in front of my eyes | John Gilbey
Afon Mawddach, Gwynedd: My riverside walk is met with bitter winds, frantic showers and bursts of sunshine. The change in the colours is remarkable
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
For the late crowd, or those further west, my Country Diary is in the @theguardian.com today. Join me for an autumn walk...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Afternoon all. My Country Diary is in the @theguardian.com today, if you'd like to join me for an autumn walk...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: A landscape transforming in front of my eyes | John Gilbey
Afon Mawddach, Gwynedd: My riverside walk is met with bitter winds, frantic showers and bursts of sunshine. The change in the colours is remarkable
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Afternoon all. My Country Diary is in the @theguardian.com today, if you'd like to join me for an autumn walk...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Morning all. My Country Diary is in the @theguardian.com today if you'd like to join for an autumn walk...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: A landscape transforming in front of my eyes | John Gilbey
Afon Mawddach, Gwynedd: My riverside walk is met with bitter winds, frantic showers and bursts of sunshine. The change in the colours is remarkable
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Morning all. My Country Diary is in the @theguardian.com today if you'd like to join for an autumn walk...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...