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!

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Watermelon Pale Ale (4.5% ABV) The Hop Foundry in partnership with @SEVENBRO7HERS, got it from @AldiUK in the spirit of trying beers new to me. It’s surprisingly really good! Subtle yet identifiable watermelon flavour with slightly sour taste, works really well! 5/5 #CheersToBeer

Transpacific Pale (4.5% ABV) - The latest beer and home brewing video ftom the #MitchellBrewery Transpacific Pale https://t.co/Qzo7ZriosV via @YouTube

Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 has qualified for World Cup 2026, alongside England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿! Causing an earthquake - literally! Earthquake recorded by @BritGeoSurvey. One of the best in the world. And they’re working w 🇿🇲 Geological Survey Dept on minerals mapping & mgt @CliveBGS https://t.co/njXTWQbdo3

Fantastic evening at the Blue Monkey Tap Room @blue_brewery as a thank you to Nottingham Robin Hood Beer & Cider Festival 2025 volunteers #NRHBCF25 @NottinghamCAMRA great catch up with friends @paulwitneyphoto and some great beers 🍻 and pizza 🍕 too! #CheersToBeer

Puffling (a baby Puffin) - my current favourite word!

Just back from two weeks in #Zambia as part of a British Geological Survey (BGS) project supporting the #criticalminerals work of the Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development | Zambia Geological Survey Department (GSD). Read all about it here:

UK braced for what could be the largest solar storm in over two decades. 📽️ Animation of SOHO LASCO Coronograph imagery showing the coronal mass ejection (CME) associated with the X5 solar flare. The scintillation is due to energetic particles hitting the sensor (NASA/ESA).

Interested in the ‘Critical minerals potential of Zambia’, jointly published by the @ZambiaMines Geological Survey (GSD) and the @BritGeoSurvey? Download a copy here: https://t.co/Ghm9eBDk72 #Zambia #criticalminerals

Time to head home, as always #Zambia you have been welcoming & a pleasure to work here. Two @BritGeoSurvey colleagues have arrived to continue our #criticalminerals work with the @ZambiaMines Geological Survey Department (GSD). I’ll be back in the New Year!

The #Zambian rainy season started in earnest today in Lusaka. There was a lot of water flowing through the @ZambiaMines Geological Survey Department!

Race across the world! Sending myself a post card to home from #Zambia. I’m leaving Lusaka at the weekend. Who will get there first, me or the elephant?! I’ll let you know…

Updating the #Zambian #criticalminerals occurrence database has sent me deep into the @ZambiaMines Geological Survey Department (GSD) archives! I’m on a voyage of discovery ranging from Manganese in Luapula to Uranium in Southern, and copper-cobalt projects everywhere!

Race across the world! Sending myself a post card to home from #Zambia. I’m leaving Lusaka at the weekend. Who will get there first, me or the elephant?! I’ll let you know…

Spent the morning yesterday looking for #criticalmineral info in #Zambian geology & mineral resource reports in the @ZambiaMines Geological Survey Department (GSD) library - amazing staff - a fascinating treasure trove of resource information and data from the 1950s onwards.

@FCDO minister @CPJElmore announces new 🇬🇧 programme of up to £38.5m, to support 🇬🇧 🇿🇲 poverty reduction partnership. Over 6 years, the programme will support social protection & pathways out of poverty, access to education, health & livelihoods. 🇬🇧 🤝 🇿🇲 #GAHP #GoFarGoTogether

Good morning #Lusaka!

Lunch today is the #Zambian equivalent of a @GreggsOfficial steak bake!

Turn into a mall rat while I’m in #Lusaka, my favourite being #EastParkLusaka for my daily newspaper mostly!

Delighted to host the launch of the @supa_moto Spitfire Stove today. With support from @innovateuk & @InfracoAfrica, this clean cooking innovation will bring affordable, self powered stoves to 🇿🇲 homes, schools & hospitals. Innovation with impact. For people and the planet.