John Gilbey

@johngilbey.bsky.social

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Science and SF writer, Photographer, Guardian Country Diary, SciFoo, TEDx, Geek-without-Porfolio, LaunchPadAstro, Professional survivor, FBCS, FRSA, Grandfather...

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Summer in Aberystwyth... A Celtic longboat heads out of the harbour towards the start of the race...

Any fans of Muir Woods wandering around on Bsky...? One of Marin County's finest features... Cool, yet quietly forbidding...

A bit of British brutalism for a Saturday morning. Captured yesterday in Southampton, England.

Oak tree skeleton against the morning light...

Happy New Year! If you'd like a walk, my Country Diary is in the Guardian newspaper today. You can find it here... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Country diary: Gales tear sand from the foreshore | John Gilbeywww.theguardian.com Aberdyfi, Gwynedd: Light streams across the beach, saturating the scene with colour and contrast, driving the grey murk inland

Just to note that Christmas is rapidly approaching... If you're looking for presents, my book Country Diary Wales is easy to wrap, and has some nice pictures - which surround 50 of my Guardian Country Diary columns...

OK, so you've noticed that it's nearly Christmas, right? All those presents you need to buy for folk? My book Country Diary Wales is easy to wrap, and has some nice pictures - which surround 50 of my Guardian Country Diary columns. Published by Graffeg, available from all good bookshops...

My Country Diary is in the Guardian newspaper today if you'd like to catch up on events. You can find the online version, with pics, here... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Country diary: The unsettling sound of chainsaws and woodchippers | John Gilbeywww.theguardian.com Comins Coch, Ceredigion: A new combined cycling and walking route is the talk of the village, but there is concern for the local wildlife

OK, would the other photographers on this site care to make themselves known?

I guess I ought to post a blue sky here to sort of reinforce the name thing... How about this one...? Does it work for you...?

If science fiction is your thing, I have a short SF story in the science journal @Nature this week... You can find it here... www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Today I have mostly been kitten sitting... One of the kittens was this fine gentleman....

Book cliffs just outside Grand Junction, Colorado, USA, on a June afternoon... Seen from the Amtrak California Zephyr...

Well, there's a thing... It looks like Amazon have sold out of my book Country Diary Wales... But fear not, it is available from lots of local bookshops and direct from @graffeg_books - the publisher. Here is the link: graffeg.com/products/cou...

Country Diary Walesgraffeg.com Hardback | £14.99 | Publication February 2023 | ISBN 9781802581997 John Gilbey has contributed to the Guardian Country Diary column, established back in 1906, since 2006. From his home near Aberystwy...

Cors Caron, Tregaron, Ceredigion... The beginning of autumn, exactly a year ago...

Those nice folk at Amateur Photographer magazine have published an article of mine this week. It talks about the process of producing my book Country Diary Wales - published by the equally nice folk at Graffeg Books. You can find more about the book here: graffeg.com/blogs/news/c...

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