This is where I live. Yes, I'm incredibly lucky. My house is in the picture if you look closely...
John Gilbey
@johngilbey.bsky.social
Science and SF writer, Photographer, Guardian Country Diary, SciFoo, TEDx, Geek-without-Porfolio, LaunchPadAstro, Professional survivor, FBCS, FRSA, Grandfather...
I have a book review in the current issue of Amateur Photographer, about the excellent new edition of Frank Hurley's "Endurance" photos - published by the Royal Geographical Society @rgs.org and Riverside Press. I highly recommend the book...
Drought in the Cambrian Mountains of Wales, 30th July 2026, towards evening.
I must go back to San Francisco and capture images of some more classic locations...
If you'd like a short lunchtime read, my Country Diary is in the @theguardian.com today @environment.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: I always dreamed of a safe, scenic footpath. Finally, my wish has been granted | John Gilbey
Comins Coch, Ceredigion: It took more than 30 years, but now I am walking it for the first time – and no hi-vis clothing is necessary. It will benefit the community for generations to come
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My Country Diary is in the @theguardian.com today if you'd like to join me for a walk @environment.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: I always dreamed of a safe, scenic footpath. Finally, my wish has been granted | John Gilbey
Comins Coch, Ceredigion: It took more than 30 years, but now I am walking it for the first time – and no hi-vis clothing is necessary. It will benefit the community for generations to come
theguardian.com
There's nothing like a good whiteboard... This example was captured in the wilds of Silicon Valley...
A very happy July 4th to all my friends in the USA. Hope I'll be able to visit again soon...
It is a little warm in the UK and the rest of Europe at the moment, so here is a cooling image of some glaciers, fjords and ice floes on the east coast of Greenland...
As it's Friday, how about a bit of brutalist architecture to round off the week...?
I'm finding it quite hard not to order this edition... "Remarkable" is too small a word for these images, in my view...
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)@rgs.org · 2mo agoWe’re delighted to announce the publication of The Endurance Photographs, a remarkable new visual record of Shackleton’s Trans-Antarctic expedition of 1914–17. Featuring breathtaking full-definition scans from Frank Hurley’s glass-plate negatives and expert essays. Available for pre-order today ✨
Sorting through images today to go with an article... I may include this one...
I've just sold - or rather, licenced for an agreeable amount - an image that I took in San Francisco way back in 2008... Stock images, the gifts that keep on giving...
Buttercup season in west Wales - an image from a few years ago, in early June.
In a lapse of concentration, I forgot to mention that my Country Diary was in the @theguardian.com @environment.theguardian.com yesterday... Happily, it is still available here... www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: One turn inland, and the valley opens up before me | John Gilbey
Talybont, Ceredigion: On a crisp, post-rain morning, I take a walk among bright hawthorn blossom and the glittering pools of Cors Fochno
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Waiting in for a parcel delivery, then get a "Sorry we missed you" email from the courier. No. You didn't try and deliver it - please just tell the truth, whatever that is...
Just the right time of year to wander through beech woods carpeted with wild garlic flowers. Brush gently against them and enjoy the amazing aroma!
That moment when you realise... The photographer's assistant has his own agenda...
Well, it looks like I've reached 4000 followers here so maybe I'd better reintroduce myself. Welcome! I'm a writer and photographer based in Wales. I write SF and science pieces as well as specialist technical articles - and the Guardian Country Diary. I have a book out - which looks like this:
I appear to have 3999 followers here... Who will be number 4000...?
The slightly startled looking Nordlands Museet, Bodo, Norway. Well worth an hour or two to explore...
This is why it is good to live on the West Coast - the west coast of Wales, that is... You get all the best sunsets....
That moment when you realise you've made a serious tactical error...
Monochrome image of El Capitan, Yosemite Valley in the August afternoon sun...
Just occasionally, you get to see a really great sunset... Like this one, looking south along the coast of Cardigan Bay from Aberystwyth castle...
