Whoa…

I’m sure it’s fun to pick through, but this giant uncurated pile of core makes me feel a bit queesy.

All its context and orientation lost 😱

£150 with an advance ticket.. would have been 300 on the day 😬

The staff were all super nice… I feel sorry that they have to deal with aging signalling and rolling stock that keeps failing. Definitely time for more investment!

@crosscountryuk.bsky.social

True or false: trains should be waterproof?

😂

Yes it’s really cruel and also counter-productive if you want to fund the best science.

In the same way that the best science is collaborative, the best science is often iterative and builds on previous ideas and work.

Nearly everyone I know who has got grants did so with improved resubmissions 🤷‍♀️

It’s a photogenic town! 😊

No worries. Sorry to have missed you!

I love hornbills. Have watched them with awe in Thailand. Such magnificent birds!

I’m afraid I’m not a bake off watcher, but it’s nice if they include an iconic bird of prey in the intro sequence!

I was in a t-shirt on a Scottish coast path 2 days ago… 😬

This is… not good.

Yes it’s important not to ‘frighten the horses’ in year 1, but we also need to give them a firm footing so they are able to fully understand more advanced modules (see also chemistry).

If they love the quantitative stuff, there are ample options to take more advanced modules in year 2 (eg., geotechnics) or year 3.

Our aim is to produce well rounded geo graduates who can go out into the world and be useful after 3 years, or do a more specialist MSc and up-skill in specifics.

I appreciate the sentiment, but we have to accept if we make our BSc Geology course too “mathsy” our recruitment numbers will collapse.

There’s a maths module in yr 1 to get up to ~A level standard + give relevant geoscience context, and even that is too much for some (who are otherwise v smart).

Also squeezed in a lovely 2 hours on the coast path this morning, where I clocked 26 🐦 species…

Including: corn bunting, merlin, curlew, redshank, hooded crow, starling, shag, song thrush and about 80 pink footed geese overhead ❤️

(And of course a highland coo!)

Ah yes you’re right, it is the Caithness sandstone (siltstone?)

Nice propaganda movie here from the quarry: www.bbsnaturalstone.com/stone/caithn...

I’ll have another look out for the fossil fish tomorrow…