Week Four – Day 7 Easter Sunday dawned bright and beautiful and, after a hot cross bun in bed for breakfast, I set about hiding the eggs for the Easter egg hunt. It was a little surreal watching a 55 and a 20 year old dash round the garden (and on a couple of occasions…
Week Four – Day 1 Another Monday morning fundraisers’ catch-up call, another hat! Week Four Day 2 A relatively meeting free day, apart from an early morning (9.30am is the new early) all team meeting, which is video free and means I can go without doing hair and make-up. So I started the day with…
Week Three – Day 1 In an unexpected development, the Head of Fundraising referred in passing to an article which suggested that to add a fun dimension to Teams meetings, we should perhaps try hats or fancy dress. I don’t think he was expecting the enthusiasm with which the fundraising team took this up and…
Week Two – Day 4 The weather continues to surprise us and remains sunny and bright, chillier but still lovely. I have company for my lunchtime wander as Himself is about and decides I am in need of company. I will admit this was lovely, however Robert is more of a stroller than a marcher…
Week Two, Day One – Lock Down So I head into my second week of working from home and today passes quite quickly. The morning is largely taken up with virtual meetings and catch-ups and the afternoon is an frenzy of admin and Inbox tidying (I have a small wager with a colleague that I…
Working From Home – Week One Day One It was a strange feeling leaving the office last night, like waving goodbye to an old friend, not knowing when you’ll see them again. The University has decided that all non-essential staff should now work from home, so after a crash course in Microsoft Teams, I packed…
We have had a great and hectic Christmas this year – thank you to all of you who have joined us, hosted us and helped us have so much fun. However, after so much fun, we decided to run away to Dulverton for New Year. Lots of fresh air and a hearty walk each day…
It struck me, following a conversation with my Mum, that for many older people, the world slowly but steadily contracts. Shrinking in line with any loss of confidence in their ability to travel. Public transport can be daunting, particularly if they are less mobile than they used to be or hard of hearing. Driving may…
But the wedding of the eldest child of one of our oldest friends made re-entry to the UK and the return to reality, after a truly extraordinary 6 weeks in Japan, a little easier. It’s the first wedding of the next generation that we have been to and we were both surprised and delighted to…
Continue readingThere weren’t many things we’d have come home from Japan for…
So we have been back for 3 weeks and the RWC 2019 is officially over. Great competition, wrong result, but at no stage did England look like they would win the final, so congratulations South Africa. I have been ruminating about the trip and have decided, with the exception of a couple of slightly hairy…