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Rock Boffins

@BSally1

full time admin bod, part time wannabe adventurer! Adventure includes fossil collecting & preparatory work,wildlife walks & just being as mad as a box of frogs!

 Swindon, England
Joined October 2010
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Help @BBCCiN this year by buying some of my homegrown Lavender bags, keyrings and packs of Hollyhock seeds. Please see my other posts for full details. 100% of each sale price goes to the @BBCCiN charity. Thank you 🙂 #ChildrenInNeed
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A huge thank you to everyone who's already ordered my homemade @BBCCiN goodies, I've already smashed my record for the amount collected last time and am now working hard to raise even more. Thank you for all the RT's of my posts too, as it all helps support #ChildrenInNeed. 😀👍
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Thank you so much to everyone who's ordered my seed packets, there's plenty left and they make excellent gifts for friends too. #SowASmile to help others, £16.00 raised so far for @BBCCiN Thank you for the re-tweets too, as it all helps raise awareness for #ChildrenInNeed2023 ❤
S.T.E.A.M. Pack - By Annabelle #SharingIsCaring (@pack_steam) profile pictureS.T.E.A.M. Pack - By Annabelle #SharingIsCaring@pack_steam23 Oct 2023
I'm raising money for @BBCCiN I'm selling some of my home grown hollyhock seeds for £1 (+ 75p P&P) a pack. (UK only) If you'd like to buy one, just place your order in the comments & DM me for payment details. 100% of the £1 raised per pack, will go to help #ChildrenInNeed ❤️
Shows the completed packs of hollyhock seeds on top of and Children in need poster.

ALT Shows the completed packs of hollyhock seeds on top of and Children in need poster.

Shows a spoon full of Hollyhock seeds on top of some Children in need stickers, and a children in need poster.

ALT Shows a spoon full of Hollyhock seeds on top of some Children in need stickers, and a children in need poster.

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Any of my lovely friends want to support Annabelle and grow so lovely flowers ❤️
S.T.E.A.M. Pack - By Annabelle #SharingIsCaring (@pack_steam) profile pictureS.T.E.A.M. Pack - By Annabelle #SharingIsCaring@pack_steam23 Oct 2023
I'm raising money for @BBCCiN I'm selling some of my home grown hollyhock seeds for £1 (+ 75p P&P) a pack. (UK only) If you'd like to buy one, just place your order in the comments & DM me for payment details. 100% of the £1 raised per pack, will go to help #ChildrenInNeed ❤️
Shows the completed packs of hollyhock seeds on top of and Children in need poster.

ALT Shows the completed packs of hollyhock seeds on top of and Children in need poster.

Shows a spoon full of Hollyhock seeds on top of some Children in need stickers, and a children in need poster.

ALT Shows a spoon full of Hollyhock seeds on top of some Children in need stickers, and a children in need poster.

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I'm raising money for @BBCCiN I'm selling some of my home grown hollyhock seeds for £1 (+ 75p P&P) a pack. (UK only) If you'd like to buy one, just place your order in the comments & DM me for payment details. 100% of the £1 raised per pack, will go to help #ChildrenInNeed ❤️
Shows the completed packs of hollyhock seeds on top of and Children in need poster.

ALT Shows the completed packs of hollyhock seeds on top of and Children in need poster.

Shows a spoon full of Hollyhock seeds on top of some Children in need stickers, and a children in need poster.

ALT Shows a spoon full of Hollyhock seeds on top of some Children in need stickers, and a children in need poster.

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Hills Quarry Products is delighted to announce more remarkable, palaeolithic finds at a recent dig with @NeoJurassica in one of our quarries near Swindon. Read more here: hills-quarry.co.uk/more-mamm… #MammothGraveyard #Quarry #MammothFinds #PalaeolithicDiscovery #QuarryDig
Image from Hills Quarry Products (@HillsQuarry)
Image from Hills Quarry Products (@HillsQuarry)
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@ 10am today, it's only 30 days to the 1st event of #orkscifest 2023! See our programme oisf.org/ We've talks on #energy, #transport & #medicine; workshops on #AI&#robotics, & finding the night sky over Maeshowe 5,000 years ago, walking the ancient landscape.
Image from Orkney Science Fest (@OrkSciFest)
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Lunar rocks from @NASA's Apollo mission were part of more space history yesterday as they witnessed the National Space Council get re-instated🚀 Watch @astro_timpeake & @GeorgeFreemanMP explain how bettering our space sector will improve jobs & grow the economy🌎 @STFC_Matters

National Space Council re-instated

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Come and meet Sally and Nev Hollingworth, who will be with us at this years festival. telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01…

Meet the amateur fossil hunters who found a 200,000-year-old mammoth bone

The couple from Swindon has wowed the geology world with their finds, including fossils, skeletons... and a 183-million-year-old fish head

telegraph.co.uk
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Our programme went live today and thanks for the coverage... theorkneynews.scot/2023/06/0… #science #sciencefestival #orkney
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Grab a copy of the Orcadian today to.see a great write up of our 2023 Schools Programme! #Orcadian #stem #stemeducation
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Yorkshire Fossil Festival is taking over Whitby for a weekend full of fun!🦖 On the 10th and 11th June you can expect amazing fossils, hands-on activities, a night at the museum and circus performers! 🎪 Find out what's happening here 👉 ow.ly/RPVL50OGFPG @YorksFossilFest
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Awesome afternoon in Whitby catching up with @fossiliam and getting ready for the @YorksFossilFest this weekend! We also managed to fit in a spot of fossil hunting and climbed 199 steps stratigraphically from the early Jurassic to present day 🦖
Landscape selfie of Katie and Dr Liam taken on top of the steps at Whitby Abbey. The harbour and town can be seen in the background.

ALT Landscape selfie of Katie and Dr Liam taken on top of the steps at Whitby Abbey. The harbour and town can be seen in the background.

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Did we mention that the largest trunk of Whitby jet - 21 feet long! - is coming to the #YFF2023 Festival this weekend, courtesy of our friends at the @museumwhitbyjet? youtube.com/watch?v=FxSsol3Z…
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Robert Walsh@rwwalsh14 Feb 2023
People are coming from far, far away to see SUN at the @steam_museum. You too can investigate your star up close as part of the @FestOfTomorrow . Open daily until 19.02.23. @UCLanResearch @STFC_Matters Thanks to @AwesomeAstroPod for helping with this pic!
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Image from Robert Walsh (@rwwalsh)
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Get up close to the SUN this February half-term!☀️ The six-metre awe-inspiring light artwork will be making its debut at STEAM as part of @FestOfTomorrow. FREE to view in Great Western Hall: Mon 13 - Sun 19 Feb. Funded by UKRI @STFC_Matters. Details: steam-museum.org.uk/event/fe…
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This is going to be stunning - we can't wait!!! #FestivalOfTomorrow #art #science
Research & Knowledge Exchange - Uni of Lancashire (@LancashireRKE) profile pictureResearch & Knowledge Exchange - Uni of Lancashire@LancashireRKE9 Feb 2023
Get Up Close to the Sun - 🌞 Professor Robert Walsh is taking his SUN project to the @FestOfTomorrow in Swindon next week. 👏 Find out more - ow.ly/Vpf850MKkkW @STFC_Matters @alexrinsler #SwindonHour @rwwalsh
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Get involved with science and arts activities this February half-term at STEAM! 🧪 ☀️ Get up close to the SUN as part of @FestOfTomorrow. 🌉 Build a bridge using @polydronuk on Mon 13 & Weds 15 Feb 🚂 Meet the Railway Workers on Sat 18 Feb More info: steam-museum.org.uk/event/fe…
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Image from STEAM Museum (@steam_museum)
Image from STEAM Museum (@steam_museum)
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Facinated by the incredible science and images coming out of @NASAWebb @ESA_Webb or want to know what all the fuss is about. Don't miss @PeaseRoland in conversation with @hbhammel in-person or online next Saturday! #FestivalOfTomorrow bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir…
James Webb telescope: Amazing images show the Universe as never before

James Webb telescope: Amazing images show the Universe as never before

It's a year since the James Webb telescope launched, and we've marvelled at its pictures ever since.

bbc.co.uk
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IF Oxford@Oxford_IF12 Feb 2023
Have fun under the Sun this half-term at Swindon’s @steam_museum Discover the properties of light with the IF Oxford team as you create shadow art in the Glow Gallery. @FestofTomorrow @UCLanResearch @STFC_Matters @rwwalsh @alexrinsler
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