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Day 120, greetings from… Dublin! Touchdown at last!  Well, in the country that neighbours my own… for now, that’ll do.  Feels good to be on familiar shores!  It’s the project that keeps on giving, and true to form this is my ninth distinct stint since leaving home in early May.  And what a rollercoaster expeditionRead more

Hi folks! Day 69 since leaving the UK back in May, probably about time I shared another update. Gough Island is treating us well, feeding us daily excitement and certainly keeping us on our toes. A quick reminder of what we’re doing here: delivering a key phase of The Gough Island Restoration Project – eradicatingRead more

Day 14 of 21 (ultimately, 100+). Quarantine, South Africa. I’m off on an adventure! To the Southern Atlantic, to support an RSPB island restoration project. Destination – Gough Island, Southern AtlanticMission – save the island’s seabirds! But for now, no leaving my hotel room, let alone hotel. The journey so far has been LHR toRead more

Like the quiz? Why not give it a go with your colleagues! Corporate events Christmas / Summer parties Leaving dos Team socials Tried and tested, The Jolly Geo Quizzes provide plenty of corporate-friendly fun and entertainment. You might learn a thing or two along the way! (about your colleagues too…) How does it work? IRead more

Sat 20th June was 2020’s Summer Solstice, and the day we put up our pinhole cameras, an attempt to track the sun from Solstice to Solstice. It’s both dragged and flown by, but six months later the Winter Solstice is here.  21 December, super year 2020…  And after a grand finale of glorious uninterrupted sunshineRead more

EIGHTEEN rounds and 126 contestants down. And still going! If you haven’t already played, book yourselves in players. (Just message me.) I hope to have this Edition wrapped by end of Jan (Xmas can’t continue forever!). Scroll down for the leaderboard… Remember, here’s where you can show a bit of quiz looove and donate toRead more

TEN rounds down, some still to go. Book yourselves in players, the Christmas Quiz is coming mid-December! And here’s where you can show a bit of quiz looove and donate to FIVE exceptional charities: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/thejollygeo Going into this new edition together we’d hit the £700 mark. Help us edge towards that £1000 milestone!Read more

Round Three, The Jolly Karters Against all odds, a new track added to the list! 800 m outdoor go kart track at Brentwood, Essex. An enjoyable one, with some demanding turns we never quite figured out. Peak speed – just shy of 63 kmph, in 200 cc karts. Congrats to Arnaud for another impressive win.Read more

Here be the top half of the FINAL quiz standings. Eleven Twelve rounds down, we’re finally done! 77 of you took part. Only TWO of you hit the 300 mark. Rory (Mr Rozzo McNozzo) was top for ELEVEN of the twelve rounds BUT THERE WAS LATE DRAMA! Pipped at the death by a Selfish Egg scoringRead more