Published again! Its been a while... I'd almost forgotten I'd written this but I'm pretty pleased to see my work in print again. It's been a while...

I’ve just written my first, third person chapter. I think I can do this…

My favourite review of the #MelaniaFilm so far has this fantastic headline: "a preening, scowling void of pure nothingness" @the-independent.com you've told me all I need to know! www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Morning world. What doublethink, ministry of truth type insanity is going down today?

A short blog about my writing process, which I'm discovering as I write my first fiction book. 📚💙

The story is just beginning... It's been quite an intimidating thought. And, if I'm honest, I've probably been overthinking it. Which all compounds the unnecessary stress I'm placing on myself. But, I've finally plucked up the courage to start drafting my first novel...

Everyone posting #Aurora photos and I live near Manchester so 🌧️ 😭 🔭🧪

I’ve been working on my #novel today. The story is starting to take shape but this is very much exploratory writing for me - I’m making up my own process as I go along, as I’ve not written #fiction before. #author #writer 📚 💙

Exciting times ahead as #NASA gets ready to launch #ArtemisII in the next few weeks! @nasaspaceflight.com 🧪 🔭 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Time to dispel the myth that we're all about to be wiped out... 🔭🧪

First Moon 🌕 photo of 2026 rising in Rochdale about 30 minutes ago. 🧪🔭 #lunar #moon

Take a look here if you like fantasy fiction. 👇

Time to dispel the myth that we're all about to be wiped out... 🔭🧪

What Happens if Asteroid 2024 YR4 Hits the Moon? If I offered you odds of 1 in 3 to win the lottery, you'd take it right? Good odds. But what, if there was a 1 in 3 chance of an asteroid hitting the moon? Context is everything right?

Any writers out there using an e-writer? I was pretty sceptical but I'm rapidly becoming a convert... 💙📚 #booksky

Rediscovering Handwriting with Kindle Scribe Now that the holidays are here, I finally have time to write a blog, but this one's a little different. Why? Well this is the first post I've written by hand for years! When I first started writing I used to write with a pen into a notebook. I find the…

The CAA’s Licensing Review (2022–2025) set out to streamline the licensing system, reduce confusion, and ensure consistency across general aviation. Amazingly, I think they have succeeded... mostly.

Here’s my photo of the Eagle Nebula (#M16) taken a few years ago using the @openuniversity.bsky.social #COAST telescope and one of the reasons I embarked on this mad, completely unnecessary second bachelors degree in physics… 🙄 Enjoy! 🧪 🔭 #lifelonglearner #physics #space

A big thank you to the people who bought my book (at a bargain 99p 👀) over the last couple of days, bumping me up to number 1️⃣ in an esoteric #amazon category! 🙏 There’s still time to help a struggling #author sell a few more… 😊 www.amazon.co.uk/Inside-Cyclo... #IndieAuthorLife

Have that! Hardly saw a soul out on the trails this morning. Can’t imagine why!?! 🤷‍♂️ 🤣 13.6k and just over 1000ft of ascent (yes I choose my units to suit 😉) Feet a bit wet but love my trail shoes as they’re so grippy! How’s your Saturday going? #runchat #ukrunchat @ukrunchat.bsky.social

A big thank you to the people who bought my book (at a bargain 99p 👀) over the last couple of days, bumping me up to number 1️⃣ in an esoteric #amazon category! 🙏 There’s still time to help a struggling #author sell a few more… 😊 www.amazon.co.uk/Inside-Cyclo... #IndieAuthorLife

Here’s my photo of the Eagle Nebula (#M16) taken a few years ago using the @openuniversity.bsky.social #COAST telescope and one of the reasons I embarked on this mad, completely unnecessary second bachelors degree in physics… 🙄 Enjoy! 🧪 🔭 #lifelonglearner #physics #space

I found a gap in the clouds and snapped this lovely shot of tonight’s #moon from my garden in Rochdale #astrophotography 🧪 🔭

Just for fun, I spun through my photos on my phone and looked for a cool one where I stopped. Here’s the full moon rising over Afantou beach in Rhodes in August earlier this year. #moonhour #astronomy #photohour 🧪 🔭

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner! Here's a marked up version of the photo for clarity 😀 Thanks for playing along!

As promised in my last post - here’s M45/The #Pleiades (~444 ly) captured last night from my garden in Rochdale 🌠 One of these stars shares my daughter’s name… which one do you think it is? 👀 @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @popastro.astrodon.social.ap.brid.gy #astrophotography #M45 #SeestarS50 🧪🔭

Last night’s skies didn’t disappoint 🌌✨… Later tonight I’ll share my second shot - a close‑up of the dazzling centre of M45 / The Pleiades 👀 Trust me, you’ll want to see this one… #astronomy #astrophotography #SeestarS50

Uranus and two of her 28 moons, Titania and Oberon. Currently about 2.7 billion kilometres from Earth, and I was able to get this image from my back garden. Amazing! NB - I added the text and labels, they aren’t floating in space 🤣 #astronomy #astrophotography #planets #uranus 🧪 🔭

🚨 Black Friday 🚨 My book Inside the Cyclone is just 0.99p - & FREE on Kindle Unlimited! 📚💙 🌪 A perfect holiday read. 👉 Grab a copy here: www.amazon.co.uk/Inside-Cyclo... Support an #IndieAuthor this season ❤️ RT to spread the word & make my day! #BlackFriday #KindleDeals #AmReading #booksky

For anyone interested in the #SeestarS50 I've written about my experience with it over the last twelve months see my latest blog below - 3 minute read 🧪🔭

Exploring Deep Space with Seestar S50: A Year in Review I first bought the Seestar S50 a little over 12 months ago. I ummed and ahhed for ages trying to justify the spend, as although its not a hugely expensive instrument, its not pocket change either. Eventually at last years New Scientist Live I…

After spending most of this morning on my @openuniversity.bsky.social photometry project, I got out and hit the trails for a bit this afternoon. Soaked wet through and covered in mud - but very happy! #running #runchat #trailrunning

🧵Why I'm loving cluster photometry. Point a telescope, measure brightness in B and V filters, and suddenly thousands of stars tell a single story: temperature, evolution stage, and where the cluster sits in space. Short, sharp, and addictive. 1/6 🧪🔭

Working on a new #blog about my first year with the #SeestarS50 should be ready for publication soon! Here’s a shot I took of the #orion #nebula to whet your appetite! 🧪 🔭 #astronomy #astrophotography #space

Heads up, a potential big shift in #cosmology: new analysis suggests the #universe’s expansion is slowing, not accelerating. That overturns 25+ years of consensus on #darkenergy. Let’s break down why this matters 🧪🔭 🧵 1/3

I've submitted my application, but not sure I'll meet the criteria, soooo a little ask. I'd be grateful of a #follow #repost if you like #space, #physics & want to help me get invited to @nasaartemis.bsky.social launch! In return you'll get excellent content, & hopefully learn something too! 🧪🔭🙏

Ooh! I sold a book 📖 it’s been a little while since I logged in to KDP and had actually sold any. amzn.eu/d/jaT01Ed Thanks whoever you are from a happy #indieauthor #booksky 📚💙 If anyone else wants to get inolved it’s £1.99 on Kindle & £6.99 in paperback and worth every penny! #InsideTheCyclone

Well #SXPS288 is going ok so far. Some #python programming, data analysis, a bit of group work, and I’m working on TMA01. I’m enjoying the photometry and producing the colour magnitude diagrams and then interpreting them. I almost feel like an actual scientist… 😳 @openuniversity.bsky.social 🧪🔭

Um, you can all call me “coach” from now on 🤣 Excited to get the physical Run Leader license through the post today. So, not quite a coach yet, but one step closer! @ukrunchat.bsky.social #EnglandAthletics #running

14 years ago today I had to say goodbye to my Dad. He always told me that a lost loved one is the brightest star in the night sky. I use the night sky to feel close to him, it brings me peace. This one is for you Dad, I miss you.💜💫 🖌🎨🧪🔭🐡📷

What a fantastic project, and, being a dinosaur geek, I love the name too. Brilliant!

It would be great to see the Aurora again, so hopefully we get decent skies tonight in Manchester. Got to be honest, it's not looking good so far... 🧪🔭 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

Celebrating with my lovely wife today who is awarded her MSc Psychology by @openuniversity.bsky.social #OUFamily so proud!

The last shot of tonight’s #moon I took, post processed in Lightroom to bring out the depth of the craters near the terminator. #MoonHour 🧪 🔭#astronomy @moonhour.bsky.social

A sequence of 4 photos of the waning gibbous moon tonight as she rises higher in the sky. #StormHour #ThePhotoHour #MoonHour™️ 🧪 🔭

The #moon is looking fabulous in the western morning sky today. 🔭

The last few days I’ve had a constant stream of red and amber #Aurora alerts but having no clear skies here it’s torture I tell you! Here’s an untouched iPhone capture from my back garden last year instead. That night was epic! 🧪 🔭

"You'll be a writer and an undergraduate physicist." If you'd told me pre-covid, that approaching my 50th birthday, these are now the things that occupy my spare time - I would not have believed you. Here's a piece I had published in @physicsworld.bsky.social 🧪 danroachauthor.co.uk/2023/11/24/a...

Half way through @russellscott1.bsky.social #VIPLane & can't believe the scale of the corruption, cronyism and blatant nepotism displayed by the government awarding so many contracts to 'mates'. If they hadn't given our money away they wouldn't need to raise so much tax. @bylinetimes.bsky.social 📚💙

As the weather is appalling in the North West, UK - here is my best photo of the Orion Nebula, or M42. I took this in March. It’s a stack of about an hour of 10 sec exposures and then post processed in Adobe Lightroom. 🧪 🔭 #astronomy #astrophotography #orionnebula #Messier42 #space