In January 2021 the country went into lockdown once more, and the intricacies of home schooling on top of everything else meant that Robin and I were unable to find a slot to go walking for some months. It wasn’t until near the end of April that we picked up where we had left off. […]
Our group expands – lunch at an hostelry – clear skies – our group contracts – homeward Our third jaunt along the Thames Path ended at Newbridge, less than 5 miles from home. I had been thinking for a while that it would be nice to involve more members of the family in one of […]
Kelmscott again – nothing – old bridges – sandwich! – more nothing – a weir – flatness – gradient – home ground For the third installment of our Thames Path saunter, Robin and I again prevailed on my long-suffering support driver beloved life partner Dan and cadged a lift back to Kelmscott, which by the […]
I’m aware that a lot of people are in need of jobs at the moment due to all the various shit that’s going down in the world. I’m in the fortunate position of having a pretty stable job in an industry that’s not at threat from the pandemic, and I’m also hiring, which means I’m […]
Tacos – geocaching – small woodland – no river – still no river – boats! – the Thames is tamed – Kelmscott We resumed our sojourn along the Thames at the point where we’d left it, with an excellent breakfast at the Cricklade Club. I’d never seen cauliflower tacos on a breakfast menu before so […]
A plan – searching for the source – in and out of water – skimming stones – lakes – joggers – horses – tea and cake Since I first moved to Oxfordshire in 2009, I’ve always lived within a couple of miles of the River Thames. This was not a deliberate choice, but frankly around […]
I’m aware that some people found my account of my daughter’s birth a touch traumatic (although not, I promise you, as traumatic as the actual experience!). In order to try and redress the balance, I thought I’d write a bit about my second experience of childbirth, which was a very different story. Approaching giving birth […]
Hi Internet! I’m not dead, just so busy that something had to give and that something was blogging. Here are some things that have happened in the last couple of years which I haven’t had the time to write about: I got promoted. Twice. I’m now a Solutions Architect, running a team of developers and […]
So once again I can’t sleep (despite the 3.75mg of Zopiclone flowing uselessy through my veins). After a few fruitless hours of lying in bed, I got up. I intended to read a book, but instead I got to thinking about a prototype I’d been wanting to build. One thing led to another and now […]
In view of the recent general election results, in which the country apparently voted to trash everything good about our society in favour of US-style “me first” crap, it struck me as timely that I recently had my first experience of privatized diagnostic testing. Even better, I have previously had this particular test before, provided […]