Ramblings
Ramblings
What The Jolly Geo has been up to: expeditions, quizzes, maps and the odd go-kart track.
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6 December 2023
Jolly Geo rambles of 2023
How did 2023 fare for The Jolly Geo?
24 May 2023
Sam’s spring on the railways
And he mapped the whole route using geolocation and GIS. See it on an online dashboard here
8 September 2021
The Gough Mission is Complete!
Day 120, greetings from… Dublin! Touchdown at last! Well, in the country that neighbours my own… for now, that’ll do. Feels good to be on familiar shores! It’s the…
15 July 2021
A July Gough Update
Hi folks! Day 69 since leaving the UK back in May, probably about time I shared another update. Gough Island is treating us well, feeding us daily excitement and…
23 May 2021
Hello from Cape Town quarantine!
Day 14 of 21 (ultimately, 100+). Quarantine, South Africa. I’m off on an adventure! To the Southern Atlantic, to support an RSPB island restoration project.…
12 January 2021
Corporate Bookings
Like the quiz? Why not give it a go with your colleagues! Corporate events Christmas / Summer parties Leaving dos Team socials Tried and tested, The Jolly Geo Quizzes…
20 December 2020
It worked! The Solargraphy worked!
Sat 20th June was 2020’s Summer Solstice, and the day we put up our pinhole cameras, an attempt to track the sun from Solstice to Solstice. It’s both dragged and…
16 December 2020
The Christmas Edition of The Jolly Geo Quiz is live!
EIGHTEEN rounds and 126 contestants down. And still going! If you haven’t already played, book yourselves in players. (Just message me.) I hope to have this Edition…
12 November 2020
The Halloween Edition of The Jolly Geo Quiz is live!
TEN rounds down, some still to go. Book yourselves in players, the Christmas Quiz is coming mid-December! And here’s where you can show a bit of quiz looove and…
2 October 2020
NEW TRACK – Brentwood, 26 Sep 2020
Round Three, The Jolly Karters Against all odds, a new track added to the list! 800 m outdoor go kart track at Brentwood, Essex. An enjoyable one, with some demanding…
1 July 2020
The Summer Edition of The Jolly Geo Quiz is DONE!
Here be the top half of the FINAL quiz standings. Eleven Twelve rounds down, we’re finally done! 77 of you took part. Only TWO of you hit the 300 mark. Rory (Mr Rozzo…
20 June 2020
Film release! The Jolly Geo features in My Naturewatch Vid!
New release! A neat video by My Naturewatch featuring The Jolly Geo, on the Royal College of Art website 🙂 #ProjectHogwatch Over the last 12 months I’ve been…
29 November 2019
In the interview seat at the Design Museum
Design Museum, London With Project Hogwatch complete and deemed a success, we were invited down by My Naturewatch to the Design Museum in London to show off our work.…
28 October 2019
Our Nora (the hedgehog) mentioned in Parliament!
UK Parliament, London Climate breakdown e-petition debate Yep, it’s a passing mention rather than the key message, but a mention is a mention! Motion moved by Daniel…
27 September 2019
The Jolly Geo meets MP for Cambridge, Daniel Zeichner
The Jolly Geo met Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner at the Wildlife Trust BCN Trumpington Meadows Reserve, to mark the release of Nora, our first hedgehog in the release…
6 September 2019
Running my first Jolly Geo workshop – DIY Trailcams
Wildlife Trust BCN, Cambourne, Cambs. I ran a camera-trap workshop at the Wildlife Trust BCN. Five cameras built and a camera deployment strategy created.
26 August 2019
The quiz is a success!
Jesus Green, Cambridge
7 July 2019
Experimenting with location data
Ever since July 2016, I’ve recorded nearly all of my movements using my trusty Suunto Traverse GPS watch. That’s a lot of location data! I have some ideas as to what…
6 July 2019
The quiz is born!
Inspired by old friends from LSE hungry for my next geography fact, I devised a quiz… Shout out to the crew: Maria, Sof, Jaz, Suv, Rad, Sean, Anu, Harvey, Iru. What a…
7 April 2019
Getting kitted out
Get a My Naturewatch Camera, attend WT BCN trail cams course
26 March 2019
My first lead-author publication!
26 March 2019, Cambridge, UK Excited to share my first lead publication! Shout out to the incredible team at Blue Ventures’ Blue Forests Programme, notably Dr Trevor…
6 March 2019
Discovering the exciting world of trailcams
My Naturewatch have developed camera technology that automatically takes pictures when it sees movement. The design allows non-experts to build and deploy trail-cam…
31 October 2012
My Blue Forests work in Mada makes the Blue Ventures Blog
31 Oct 2012, Tulear, Madagascar Check it out, my blog post about my work in Madagascar with the awesome Blue Forests team has hit the Blue Ventures Blog. Blue…