Ben Clewer

On the pitch at Portman Rd for Ed Sheeran! It's great to be back in Town
#itfc

Lemon cocker spaniel lying on the grass with a tennis ball

Tan colored Romanian street dog, stood on the grass at the park, wearing a blue harness and smiling

Not much to share at the moment, but lots going on project wise behind the scenes. However, I thought the internet might enjoy these two adorable pups who keep me on my toes at home.

Yep, May last year in the South of England

Although I've just heard the CERF facility will now be offline until 2029

And a couple of photos of Lake Geneva as always...

Currently on what is becoming a regular trip to CERN to test our SAIRA atmospheric radiation instruments in the beam facilities here. They give a representative of the enhanced radiation environment that aircraft would see in large solar radiation storms.
#spaceweather #avgeek #radiationprotection

I did think so, but thought I'd check!

I'm not sure if these (on the right at the auroral boundary) are what you are looking for, or are just picket fence structures?

Last week I had the fun of travelling to Shetland to install a new compact neuton monitor at the @metoffice.bsky.social site in Lerwick. This monitor will be essential to the UK's #spaceweather resilience as it'll provide important radiation flux data to #aviation and ground based infrastructure

2nd leg of the journey to Lerwick and a nice little ATR42 this time.

Going up to install a Neutron Monitor at the @metoffice.bsky.social weather station

That's good to hear, hopefully things are changing for the better

Not necessarily this article specifically, just be aware of the publishing reputation. Scientists over here stay well clear

You'll be glad to hear I've bought the main book and 3d printed a small 50pt Roman army. Now to decide on an enemy to face them ...

Disaster! To be fair had I kept rolling dice the same would have happened much earlier. My ally had much better rolling than me!

Daily Mail, well written article? That almost never happens to the Daily Fail...

The Mail is a notorious publisher here in the UK for sensationalism and deliberate factual inaccuracies - especially to benefit right wing ideology

Welcome, see you around!

How you didn't win best participation game is beyond me

Great to see you today!

Plus it's also nice to catch up with friends and meet new people!

Had a day for me today at #Salute52

It was great to get back to gaming and shows after a few years away. Had fun smashing some Roman Legions in Strength and Honour and bought way too much paint...
#wargaming

I'll make sure to stop by and roll some dice!

Read this after just being told two of our friends had to call 999 for a wildfire fire in Aldershot (Hampshire/Surrey border) today

No point having a football pyramid if no team can ever reach and stay in the top division. Will be the same next season sadly, for 3 straight seasons.

And now our season is over... #itfc

Indeed, just gave up after half time. Time for the FA to disband the PL as it's become a closed shop

Ipswich finally get to winning ways in 2025. Almost certainly too late for survival but another small inch of hope to cling on to! #itfc

The SpaceX fram2 mission that will send humans over the poles for the first time has LAUNCHED! This is relevant to our community since Jannicke Mikkelsen, one of the astronauts on board, will be filming the aurora over the north and south poles!

#heliophysics

BOOM! What a beautiful #SolarFlare (just now). This eruptive event reached the X-class level, and produced this stunning coronal mass ejection. The flare source region will rotate to face Earth in the coming week. Further strong solar activity is likely! #spaceweather

A big thank you to the @metoffice.bsky.social staff (Mark Gibbs and Simon Machin pictured and representing here) for all their work in helping the prototyping and assisting with the flight demonstration!

This marks the first test of a UK instrument by an overseas institution from the new program and the Space Centre's latest R&D progress in radiation measurements.

#aviation #instrumentation