Light blogging, heavy weather...

Half of the Beagle Project blog is stormbound in Harwich, recovering after a three-day head to wind flog along the south coast of England. I have bruises in places where I didn't know I even had places. So for the next few days you are solely in the capable and clever hands of Nunatak.

The London meetings were encouraging: the science arm of the BBC is now looking seriously at us (hoorah) and looking at it from a science point of view, another hoorah. You'd be amazed at how many people thought the Beagle would be a good reality TV show, with Creationists being thrown to ravening Evolutionists in scenes reminiscent of The Coliseum. But at sea, and not at all Roman.

The Darwin200 steering group now has its website up so click over, have a look and link to them. They'll be posting details of the Darwin 200 events as they are organized and trickle in. This post was made possible by the generous offer of wifi (and a mindblowing espresso) from The Book Annex in Harwich. Academic books at competitive prices, and they're very nice.