Publication Day! The Pebble Spotter’s Guide is published today (10 June 2021). What a journey! 2 years, 40 pebbles & 2000 pre-orders (briefly a best-seller!) Also launched is my Pebble Spotters FaceBook Group https://t.co/QJ2hhJdIOI to share your pebble finds - join in the fun!

#notbeerbods A degree of trepidation but really enjoyed it. Would have one again.

Tonight I've gone big with a beer from the back of the fridge; Stronger than Blood @brewserbeer Project X Collab from @threehillsbrew @EmperorsBrewery. Big rich boozy chocolatey stout #notbeerbods

Cheers #NotBeerBods! Joy (5% ABV @ganyambrew) NEPA #CheersToBeer

Day 4 at #NRHBCF25 - first time I’ve paid in 20 years! - top 3 beers Day 4 - Cheat Code (0.5% @neonraptorbrew) LoNo IPA (KeyKeg bar), Langton Pale (3.7% ABV @neptunebrewery) (Bar C / No Half Measures) & Californian West Coast IPA (5.5% Blue Monkey @blue_brewery) #CheersToBeer

My top 3 beers on Day 3 at @NottinghamCAMRA #NRHBCF25 - Lovelaced (4.2%) No Half Measures (NHM) & @NottmBrewery (332 Bar C/NHM), Even more whale sounds (14.6% @BangTheElephant) Bang The Elephant bar) & Sunshine Pale (3.4% Burton @bridge_Brewer) (Boundary Bar). #CheersToBeer

Nottingham Robin Hood Beer & Cider Festival #NRHBCF25 smaller, perfectly formed with v happy people! My day 2 top 3 beers - Gloucester @GBrewery SIPA IPA (4.5% %) 214 Bar B, @cloudwaterbrew Fresh AF (0.5%) 10 KeyKeg, & @dancingduckbeer 22 bitter (4.3%) 201 Bar B. #CheersToBeer

Great start to @NottinghamCAMRA Robin Hood Beer & Cider Festival #NRHBCF25 busy with trade & members, plus @SIBANational Midlands & West Indie Beer awards https://t.co/50Qg8YGxLM - my favourite beer of the day @SalopianBrewery Paper Planes NEIPA (4.6% ABV) #CheersToBeer

On my way to @NottinghamCAMRA Robin Hood Beer & Cider Festival #NRHCBF25 - starting at 4pm today with the trade & member session, then open to the public from midday to 22.30 Thursday to Saturday. See you there! #CheersToBeer

You can now read my PhD thesis Critical metals in pegmatites: The role of crustal melting and fractionation, via the link below 👇 👇 https://t.co/0naZBMZRtZ #criticalmetals #geology #scotland #lithium #science #pegmatites

Cheers! #NotBeerBods - 718 Cask Pale (4.5% ABV) @wylambrewery & @OtherHalfNYC #CheersToBeer

Join us from 12 to 14 Sept at the @ESTA_UK Annual Conference, for three days of learning, networking & fun! We'll be running a mapping workshop, and our Rock Doc, @CliveBGS will be Saturday's after-dinner speaker. More details via the link below: https://t.co/gxdsORnVPy

What if the world runs out of sand? https://t.co/dnHFd4doLQ

Millions of people across the UK are in regions experiencing drought, with further areas at risk. The BBC drought resource using data from BGS, @EnvAgency, @UK_CEH and @metoffice, has been updated. Will there be a drought where you live? https://t.co/PqdvffykT6

We are in the process of developing new methods for capturing & representing artificial ground information. To ensure that this is as useful and beneficial as possible to the stakeholder community we want to hear your thoughts. Please take survey here: https://t.co/rhgAwyb1Nj

The sand industry is constantly expanding, leading to illegal practices and environmental strain. Join BGS, @QUBelfast and @GeolSoc on 3 December in London for Sands of Change: a deep dive into the industry, and its challenges. https://t.co/85mklTNw1s

What is the UK made of? Just found this short online quiz, not quite as easy as I initially thought, I still got 8/8 (with some educated/ lucky guesses!)

A new economic valuation report has revealed the scale of the National Geological Repository's impact on the UK economy - highlighting that the facility has saved major energy and infrastructure projects £1.5 billion over the last 20 years. https://t.co/eEX4pWFRJJ

Join us from 12 to 14 September at the 58th Earth Science Teachers' Association (ESTA) Annual Conference, for 3 days of learning, networking, & fun! We'll be running a mapping workshop, & @CliveBGS will be Saturday's after-dinner speaker. More details: https://t.co/gxdsORnVPy

The Global Challenge of Sand Mining - International Conference - on Weds 3rd December 2025 at the Geological Society @GeolSoc - see you there! https://t.co/bb0fUBJIys

Summer days at the beach looking at pebbles is a pastime that can't be beaten! Here BGS' Rock Doc, Clive Mitchell discusses spotting, identifying & collecting the pebbles you can find on Britain's beaches - and the history that these pebbles contain. https://t.co/Cm3HJ1v4ez