Adrian Wilkinson

Professional Geologist and UAS/Drone Pilot. Enjoys cycling (road & MTB), open water swimming, cross country running & Triathlons (plus real ale!)

[Adrian Wilkinson @Apw71]

Loving this year’s @Olympics. Wonder if 4 points for gold, 3 for silver, 2 for bronze, and 1 for 4th (semi finalists) wouldn’t make a better table calculation though. Reflects the team effort better than just golds.

[Adrian Wilkinson @Apw71]

@nedboulting Just watching TdF highlights. I’ve cycled those remote parts of France and run out of water too (no shops nor fountains). But every hamlet has a cemetery and every cemetery had a water tap (for the flowers) as explained to me a lovely old ‘flower of France’!

[Adrian Wilkinson @Apw71]

@ClevedonSchool It was an honour and a pleasure to support such a worthy local cause.

[Clevedon School @ClevedonSchool]

Congratulations to Oli who is our first ever inter school chess champion. A big well done also to Henry and Toby who finished second and third respectively.
Thank you to Adrian Wilkinson sponsor and founder of the tournament who kindly came in to present the trophy.

[Adrian Wilkinson @Apw71]

@Chris_Boardman Chris. Please can you help publicise a half Giro d’Italia (Milano to Catania) we and our sons (16 and 17) are about to finish for @YLvsCancer. This has been unsupported bikepacking (and today climbed more than Col du Tourmalet) Your endorsement would be great!

[Adrian Wilkinson @Apw71]

For some reason (technical muppetry) JustGiving only accessed my Company Twitter ("X") account so I've simply re-tweeted! Many thanks to @ClevedonPierG1 for allowing a departure photograph from their Pier.

[QuarryDesign @QuarryDesign]

Our Managing Director (Adrian) and his 17 year old son are cycling in excess of 1,000 miles through Italy for @YLvsCancer. Check out their @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving https://t.co/5TuPmpRG1c

[Adrian Wilkinson @Apw71]

@AstanaQazTeam @giroditalia @MarkCavendish That looked bad on GCN+ highlights. Glad you’re OK @MarkCavendish. I’ve watched every Grand Tour you’ve raced in and still love watching you sprint.

[Adrian Wilkinson @Apw71]

@Ryanair and @swissportNews we landed at Bristol Airport 2 hours ago from Girona and due to your ‘staff shortages’ we still haven’t got our bags. It’s now 2:00am and you have tired kids and very annoyed adults. Utter shambles and appalling service.

[Adrian Wilkinson @Apw71]

@sharrond62 Thanks for an informative discussion on Radio 2! Interested to hear about physiological advantages as well as hormonal. Transition is a personal choice (that I respect) but they should not have a right to enter competitive sport as a female.

[Adrian Wilkinson @Apw71]

@NadineDorries We’ll done - you’re killing a trusted, Great British institution just because (rightly) it’s currently targeting self indulgent Conservatives (I’m actually a Conservative voter myself). The BBC does so much (all ad-free - those of us with kids appreciate this!). Stop killing it!

[Adrian Wilkinson @Apw71]

@VirginRadioUK @grahnort That’s me listening to both shows! Loved Saturdays on BBC R2 (hate Sundays). Now double bubble GN to listen to (hope the adverts aren’t too annoying).

[Adrian Wilkinson @Apw71]

@GarminUK @Garmin You have my sympathy. Whilst the outage is frustrating it is not life threading (to me). Paying the ransom only makes the hackers stronger and able to attack more companies in the future. I hope you get can your systems back up and running soon.

[Adrian Wilkinson @Apw71]

This was an interesting local job for us but with no income due to Covid closure we’ve not charged them and are now an official sponsor!

[BBC Radio Bristol @BBCRB]

Iconic 🤩
But it takes work to keep it there.

#ClevedonPier

[Adrian Wilkinson @Apw71]

At the 2012 @EIGConference I won an Estwing hammer donated by Eddie Bailey from @AggregateUK. At the time I said I would hold it for whichever of my 3 children showed an interest in geology. Today the hammer was given to my youngest child (aged 1 when I won it).

[Adrian Wilkinson @Apw71]

@CliveBGS @BritGeoSurvey I bet the Nokia 5110 survived!

[DroneSurv @DroneSurv]

DroneSurv's Pilot and Maintenance Engineer (Matthew) receiving training to maintain, replace and repair @quantumdrones Trinity. If you buy a #vtoldrone TrinityF9 or F90+ from us in the UK you will be assured of the best possible after sales assistance.

[DroneSurv @DroneSurv]

Half of @quantumdrones international resellers (including Dronesurv for the UK) receiving some Advanced Flight Training (the other half were on Maintenance). Trinity was demonstrated safely flying an unaided Visual Line of Sight flight out to 1.2km within 2.5km of an airfield.

[DroneSurv @DroneSurv]

During @quantumdrones Advanced Pilotage Training this morning we were shown how to use a contour base map and the "corridor planning" element to survey a steep alpine valley side with Trinity. Even with terrain following this was still a challenging survey area.

[DroneSurv @DroneSurv]

DroneSurv staff are currently on an informative 3-day "Advanced Flight Planning, Maintenance & Repair" course held by @quantumdrones staff at their Bavarian Headquarters for their Trinity F9 and new Trinity F90+ drones.

[Adrian Wilkinson @Apw71]

Very cool entrance hall to ⁦@quantumdrones⁩ office. Matthew (one of ⁦@DroneSurv⁩ pilots) is about to start a 3-day maintenance and advanced pilotage and flying course.