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Way Down South III

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

Part 2
On our third weekend on the South Downs Way, we reached a momentous juncture – after having crawled across five folds on our map, we finally crossed on to the other side. Luckily, Side B only has three days of walking on it. The second of these – the Sunday – was supposed to [...]

Back from the alive

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

There was no blog post last week as I was away, but now I’m back from the dead. Well, not the dead exactly. I’ve been in India – a more lively place you’re unlikely to find. I was gone for just four days. The reason I’ve returned so early is that I’m starting a new [...]

A limit to soufflé power

Monday, May 11th, 2009

It turns out that there is a limit to the power gained from managing to cook a soufflé successfully. I didn’t get the job.
There is also, I suppose, a limit to what we can expect from job interviews, even if we have prepared for them thoroughly and leave them thinking that everything went swimmingly. Nonetheless, [...]

Interview two (three)

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Bank Holiday Monday Mornings make ideal lie-in time, they are free time that is so much freer than the weekend. Unfortunately, I wasn’t allowed to sleep in yesterday. My mobile woke me up at nine with a message: ‘T Bur’, that I’d apparently set myself. When I set the message and what I’d meant by [...]