Thursday 11th August 2022 Another scorcher of a day had us on a go slow in the morning. Sitting on the outside deck under the shade of...

Wednesday 10th August 2022 There was a second week of British Summer that I experienced today. I realised that I needed to get another...

Tuesday 9th August 2022 Today was Women's Day in South Africa and I was fascinated by the feeling of it being a public holiday but not...

Monday 8 August 2022 The 8/8 day brought lovely sunshine again and it made for very pleasant adventuring. I joined my niece and her boys...

Sunday 6th August 2022 Waking up to lovely messages from my friends always brightens my day. This morning I'd been dreaming of working on...

Saturday 6th August 2022 One of the things that I do miss on my gap year(s) of travel is my pj days. Those long marathon days of TV...

Friday 5th August 2022 Today I woke up back in the 'womb' of family.  After a couple of days exploring Edinburgh, it was refreshing to...

Thursday 4th August 2022 Today was a transit day so I woke early and realised that I hadn't gotten up in the night after my 11pm trip to...

Wednesday 3rd August 2022 Sleeping in my pod was hot, and I think I was probably a bit dehydrated because I only got up once in the...

Tuesday 2nd August 2022 Today I came over to Old Town Edinburgh and I very nearly died getting here. I packed my mega backpack and loaded...

1st August 2022 It's one full year of me not having my own bed, bathroom nor TV today. A year ago, I took my tiny car and some boxes and...

Sunday 31st July 2022 The last few hours of July. It's been a blur of a month with 3 weeks of work and 2 weeks of blegh. Fortunately...

Saturday 30th July 2022 Waking up to the sound of gentle rain made me think twice about the plan I'd concocted for the day. But as the...

Friday 29th July 2022 My lurgy seems to have broken! I woke up several times in the night and I realised that I was feeling more 'normal'...

Thursday 29th July 2022 Yey! Feeling marginally better today, plus I didn't need to snooze this afternoon.  Head still feels a strange...

Wednesday 27th July 2022 I woke up to a lovely sunny morning and I felt like I'd had a good night's sleep. The house was quiet so I...

Tuesday 26th July 2022 I had a great night of regular dreams and woke up only once for the bathroom.  But on getting out of bed my body...

Monday 25th July 2022 Some days are painfully etched into a dark memory forever.  Today is one of those dates that even though I have...

Sunday 24th July 2022 The third Sunday of golf done. I would be doing a happy dance if it was so late and I wasn't so cold. Today was a...

Saturday 23rd July 2022 It was so good to be able to sleep later this morning. No 4am call times, no fire alarms and a later shift start....