John Gilbey
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John Gilbey
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Science and SF writer, Photographer, Guardian Country Diary, SciFoo, TEDx, Geek-without-Porfolio, LaunchPadAstro, Professional survivor, FBCS, FRSA, Grandfather...
Before the sealed bag, the salt came in a twist of blue paper...
I guess I'm really old...
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"The Wizened Millennials" would make an excellent name for a band...
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
In the old days, there would have been an 0800 number to phone... With a real live human at the other end...
November 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
P.G. Wodehouse had a favourite village called Loose Chippings....
November 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Ah... But which edition...? :-)
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Nice! And, as you say, shiny!
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I reckon that has a lot of old magic entrained within it...
November 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Rightly so!
Too many similar ones look fine, and are yummy if the gills are pinky grey - but hugely toxic if they're a greyish pink...
Or vice versa...
November 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Nicely done...
November 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Indeed. It is particularly pleasant this morning in Aber, after the tempest of yesterday...
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
You'll be fine, H - just don't get off the train at Five Ways...
November 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Sadly, my impression is that the former is intended to give the impression of added macho grunt...
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A Munsell chart mug...?
Just the thing for an old soil scientist...
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Smart move...
Fairly rough weather here in Aber too...
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Here is an image from rural Wales this time last year...
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I've never made it to the coast at Pompeii - usually too busy trying to fit in a side trip to Herculaneum... :-)
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
That first image is epic...
November 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
If you could arrange clear skies for west Wales tonight, I'd be very grateful!
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Or he's a hydrologist, maybe...
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Mais oui! Ca c'est formidable!
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM