December 2023 Review

It has been a good month. I had a couple of weeks annual leave from work and have thoroughly enjoyed chilling out with my family over the Christmas period. I had only planned for one week but then the powers decided that the whole hospital would shut between Christmas and New Years so one week became two. Not...

I Am Loving My New Job – Sunday Post

I have been busy, but I am enjoying life. Not quite turning into a workaholic but I am loving being part of a team again and learning so many things on a daily basis that I know I will never get bored. It's also really nice to leave work feeling satisfied by not completely exhausted...

Working Life – Sunday Post

I am really enjoying being part of a team again at work. I guess I have been for a while as an agency nurse but it's not quite the same. I even enjoyed the huge pile of e-learning I have to do, one day done, one to go. Reading wise, Robin Hobb's liveship traders series...

Starting Full Time Work – Sunday Post

No more endless days to chill out and read because I am going back to work full time. I found a workplace with a team that I seem to fit into fairly seamlessly and as that is not something that happens every day, when the ward sister asked me if I would like a job...

Back to Reality after Walking 300 Miles – Sunday Post

I never expected or planned to walk the entire Cornish coast but the weather stayed dry and after I had past Lands End, the Lizard (the most southerly point of England) and then all the ferry's around Falmouth I figured I might as well walk home, so I did. My family seemed to be coping...

Some Photos from the South West Coast Path

I haven't been reading much this week as I have been spending all day every day walking up and down hills with a 15 kg pack strapped to my back. Anyway, here are some photos from the week. Currently I am at my folks place near Hayle, having a well earned rest for a couple...

Back on the South West Coast Path, The Cornish Section – Sunday Post

Five days in and my legs are pretty much used to carrying a 15kg pack up and down hills. Bude to Polzeth where I am heading towards my first paid campsite and first showers home. More photos to follow, wifi permitting. Cornwall Coast Path (Trailblazer Guide) by Henry Stedman, Joel Newton, Daniel McCrohan ★★★★ I last used...

Book Review – August Blue by Deborah Levy ★★★☆☆

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The First Coronation in the UK for 70 Years – Sunday Post

Whilst most of the country has gotten itself into a frenzy over our the new king's coronation, I have been focusing more on my plans to get back onto the South West Coast Path and continue my through hike from where I left off in the autumn. I left the trail in Bude and will...

April 2023 Review and Sunday Post

April has been an interesting month. I started it in a bit of a funk spending too much time playing video games, but it ended with me devouring books as if they were food. With a massive fifteen books read, including five audiobooks. Work wise, I have been working either in the Emergency department of...

Book Review – The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller ★★★★☆

Claire Fuller is an author who's work continues to surprises me. I never know what to expect and this book is no exception. For the first time in her published work she has delved into the realm of speculative fiction, almost sci-fi but with a contemporary or very near future setting.

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A Week of April Showers – Sunday Post

It has been a fairly typical mid april in the Uk with alternating showers and sunshine. The trees have still got blossom on them and the pollonators are out in force. The child is away at scout camp this weekend. It feels odd, but quite nice at the same time. I guess I better get...