This morning, I listened to a Podcast about the history of the Ottoman empire. I hadn't realised how long it had lasted for - centuries, all the way up to almost modern times; the podcast talked about Ottoman people wearing jeans/suits, for goodness sake. I think it was Paul McGann's narration that made me enjoy it more; it was enthralling.

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It's been a nice day; I started work early, so I didn't feel too awkward about having a mid-morning break to meet some of the guys for a coffee before I had to get to a teams meeting, postponed from yesterday ( Read more... )

This week's photo_scavenger prompt is "flag", and this is near where I work; after I'd snapped it, I realised I had four people charging up behind me.


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I won this in the tombola yesterday, and couldn't resist trying to put it together. It was a bit of a fiddly job (especially the wheels) and it seemed to have some spare parts (they're even shown looking spare on the box!)

I'm not sure if I was able to get it to work properly - practice makes perfect, I guess!


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I'm still gutted about the stag do, but am trying to think about more good things1) I saw in the week that a colleague of mine had got over his coronavirus, and was in the office during the division meeting (I so far have escaped it this time ( Read more... )

I watched a show that I hadn't seen for a little while tonight, since my Sky Plus box put it on series link randomly: Absolutely Fabulous.


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I need to get back into running - I'm hoping to do a few runs next week.

I'll try to pick up some tips from Ben Parkes' latest video for getting back into the habit (though it is 50% advertising for products, like his baseball caps that he prefers to wear backwards, maybe so that people who are jogging behind him can read the captions!)


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I started my morning by just sitting for five minutes without doing anything; not something I find easy to do when I have so many "to dos" like make breakdast before I can leave the flat.

I was recceing a walk for the Stag Walkers today, which led to a few mishaps.


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Today's walk went well; I've agreed to lead it at the end of January, and am thinking of inviting some family along in case they can make it. We got some patchy rain, but the weather wasn't too bad; we did see this rainbow. The hike completed the Red Bull "12K's of Christmas" Challenge on Strava.


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