Social Self-distancing Monday 2020/3/30 Found out another acquaintance had died, this time not from the virus. Rest well Marc. Marked science reports. Tuesday 2020/3/31
 More marking today. Looked over presentation for interview. Wednesday 2020/04/01
 Student mentor session in morning, remote job interviewing afternoon. It went well. Thursday 2020/04/02
 Getting ready for the Icon ConserveAtHome talk …
Category Archives: Personal
Quarantine – Week Two.
Self Isolating To The MAX! Monday 2020/3/23 Found out an acquaintance had died with symptoms of the virus. Rest well Simon. Clear night – imaged M81 Tuesday 2020/3/24 Didn’t go to donate platelets today. Trains were far too busy to be safe. Kitchen work started. Slow cooker chicken stew for dinner. Wednesday 2020/03/25 Meetings on …
Quarantine – Week One.
Self Isolating before it was popular. Monday 2020/3/16 Went to work for a meeting and to start shutting things down. No announcement had yesterday been made, but it was obvious something was coming. Tuesday 2020/3/17 Stayed home, took part in some teaching chats. Did some admin. Took dog to park. Wednesday 2020/3/18 Sister’s birthday – …
Christmas 2019
Christmas is always a bitter-sweet time for me, I’m not one for big family get-togethers and my family seem to enjoy dying at the end of the year too. Over the years at least four have popped their clogs between Xmas Eve and New year. Let’s hear a hearty FUCK CANCER here too. This year …
Several journeys around Orkney
I’ve been in the Orkney Islands for several days, departing from Scrabster (Near Thurso) with stays in St Margaret’s Hope, Kirkwall and somewhere between Finstown and Tingwall. Total journey length including ferries, busses, walking and the world’s shortest commercial flight : 516 km. More to follow.