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10 October 2023

Ken Loach, finally

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Ken Loach became famous in the 60s with films like ‘Cathy, come home’ and ‘Kes’. I didn't know about that, of course. I first had to be...
09 October 2023

Rest in peace, Alex

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The Head of School came into my office. He said he had something important to say. It wasn’t good news. One of our students, and, relevantly...
08 October 2023

Starting Anglesey geology in Rhoscolyn

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When the new academic year starts, we tend to not wait very long until we take the first year students who are doing the Anglesey geology fi...
07 October 2023

Chasing helicopters

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It was going to be a weekend with a lot of cave rescue activity! On the Saturday we had a rigging session , and on Sunday I was booked in fo...
06 October 2023

First pallet fire

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I had spent a lot of time over summer demolishing pallets . And one of my wood storage racks was pretty much entirely full of pallet-based w...
05 October 2023

Rigging protocols

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Our old training officer thought we should have some proper protocols about how to best rig for a certain number of possible situations we m...
04 October 2023

A bench for the saw

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Quite a while ago, I had bought a vice. I had wanted a vice for a long time! And I knew I really needed a workbench with that. But I thought...
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This blog started as a tool to keep my Dutch friends informed on my whereabouts when I moved abroad. It quickly also became an external memory for my own use. It largely failed as a stage for discussions on whatever is worth discussing. And it has become a way of sharing my scientific knowledge with a lay audience. And who knows, it could become even more! And whatever it is you are looking for among all this: welcome.
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