@cambrian-explorer.bsky.social

@cambrian-explorer.bsky.social

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Half of the Elan Valley International Dark Sky Park events team. Assistant school exams officer. Mender, tinkerer, maker. No anti-car zealots or authoritarians of any stripe.

Lara, a large tabby and white cat, extends a paw in greeting while lounging on a dark blue sofa
Lara (a large tabby and white cat) is flopped across the reviews pages of Railway Modeller and resting her head against my left hand. My forefinger is resting between her ears mid-scritch
A short video of an N scale train running on a series of tiny modules, built from Kato kits. The train passes a water tower, a station platform, a farm crossing with waiting Land Rover and a viaduct over a river.
M, a tortie/tabby cat with a resting glare rivalling Dame Judy Dench's as M when 007 had done something stupid, is sitting on my leg and looks unimpressed.
Lara, a tabby and white cat, is sitting next to an Xbox console controller in the tea cosy pose.
The "business end" of a 3d printed replica Carnyx. It resembles a stylised boar's head with open mouth.
Demolishing snowmen with a Lancia Delta S4, at Mortimer Gardens in Forza Horizon 4
Lara, a tabby and white cat, is curled up asleep on a cushion
An image of Bamburgh Castle at night, as portrayed in Forza Horizon 4
A tabby and white cat is leaning her head against my hand while enjoying a shoulder rub.
The aurora borealis on the 10th of May 2024. Green, blue and purple shades can be seen
A view of the sea from the promenade in Aberystwyth, mid Wales. It's sunny, the tide is in and there are gulls cruising around
A Lego Control Center and Serial Interface from the early 1990s. The Control Center can operate up to three motors and has two programmable memories, playback of either will power the motors in the direction and for a duration of your choice. The Serial Interface is a bit more complex. It needs a PC and software to work, but can control eight motors and also accepts sensor inputs so it can react to circumstances. The Control Center lacks this ability - it'll just cycle through the program you recorded until it reaches the end or you press stop, no matter if the robot arm hasn't rotated far enough due to a slipping drive belt and is now dropping bricks on the floor instead of into the hopper!
A red Lancia Delta S4 in the snowy Scottish Highlands near Glenfinnan Viaduct, as portrayed by Forza Horizon 4
A blue Lego truck from the early 1980s. It has the international symbol for a motorway on the sides, which always reminds me of the Kraftwerk album cover.
A Lego flagpole on which the previous owner applied a US flag sticker upside down. Usually this denotes distress in maritime circles!
A large tabby and white cat is lying on her side in a patch of sunlight while purring loudly.
The lower half of the constellation Orion, showing the M42 Orion nebula.
The Pleiades star cluster is above and slightly to the left of a thin crescent Moon
A gingery tabby cat is sitting sphinx-pose on my lap
There is a tabby cat sitting in the tea cosy pose, behind my head on the back of the sofa