Exercise bikes in a seminar room @VolcanoLMV! How many students would be more engaged if they could cycle along during lectures? @UoBEarthScience – at Clermont-Ferrand, France

You can go inside. I've been on the conseil scientifique since 2011 but today was struck by the view looking up. (Of course not a realistic volcanic vent shape and not what I was meant to be considering.)

It is remarkable how variable 20 years of lichen growth is on the volcanic rocks used to build this stylized volcano building at the heart of 'Vulcania', a volcano... theme park in central France.

I am sure I am biased but I somehow find these scars on the landscape from geothermal energy extraction attractive. It's been an interesting week at a summer school on geothermal and magmatic systems near Krafla, Iceland. – at Bristol, England

I'm reflecting on our constructive @UoBEarthScience in-person(!) away day. As incoming Head of School I have pages of notes of ideas. All the outgoing Head @rpancost next to me wrote is: HAPPY HOUR & CREAM TEA IS COMING BACK.

Delayed 2020 graduation today! Thinking of field work at Laguna del Maule in Chile with graduating PhD student Claudio Contreras. Amazing scenery and geology. So thoughtful of Univ. of Chile undergrad Marcel Cortes to both take this photo and share it with me.

It is humbling to see the soil (with pottery) the Minoans lived on and think about the subsequent devastating events recorded in the volcanic deposits above. Turn around to see the beauty of the resulting caldera. It's been a joy to share Santorini with our eager MSci students.

I'm really glad we decided to run our Santorini field class in April this year. It is so much cooler and quieter than September when we usually go. This makes it much less draining for students and staff. Bonus: so many flowers!

There are various apps. I'm using Physics Toolbox Magnetometer.

It's great we can use public buses for transport on the field trip. But wow do I have a load of receipts for my expense claim.