BenjaminDBrooks’ Blog

Hello, I’m Ben.

A meteorologist by vocation, geologist and museum curator by education.

In my spare time I am variously a writer, aviator, hiker, educational video maker, fossil hunter, tabletop games’ master and video games enthusiast.

“It can’t see us if we don’t move”

I recently ran a two day TTRPG game set in Jurassic Park. In this post I talk through the process of getting ready for the game, including some of the challenges I ran into!

Merry Christmas 2025

And so we find ourselves at the tail end of another year, with much of 2025 in the rear view mirror, making a presumably unwelcome return after last year’s house moving shenanigans; it’s my Christmas Podcast! Though you’ll be glad to know that at only 3 minutes and 41 seconds, it’s blissfully short this year!…

Saturnalia MMXXIV

A very short Christmas message for 2024 in lieu of the usual christmas podcast!

UK General Election 2024

General information about the UK General Elections 2024 – Registering to vote, postal votes, proxy votes, Voter ID etc.

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