I've just spent Christmas at Mum's house, just aiming to be kind to the rest of the family, and myself, not beating myself about all of the "could haves" that I only thought of later on, and friends I've not caught up with yet.

The new photo_scavenger prompt is "Christmas", so here's Mum's Christmas tree (outstanding: Countdown).


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I had a visit to Sandwich Sandwich yesterday; love the fact that the man who appears in several of their Instagram posts made mine yesterday; we even spoke briefly about Christmas coming up.

That's him on the right, with Adam Richman.


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I enjoyed yesterday, with a team lunch at work, and drinks later in the pub; I managed to buy a round before I left to go to a gig. I liked getting to see some friends, even just having brief conversations.

Here's the band I hadn't seen before: Escape Route.


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I don't think I've ever cooked using cockles before, so here's my attempt at Jack Monroe's "cockle spaghetti", made tonight.


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I'm still trying to make my moustache distinct without having to constantly trim my stubble.


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Yesterday, I spent a lot of the day at work on learning events; a course on designing towns with women and girls in the morning, and then a photography course in the afternoon. We did a bit of a walk around and put into practise some of the skills we'd discussed, like using the grid option on the phone camera to help keep photos straight; I liked ( Read more... )

My three priorities at the moment are:
1. Sort out drafting some new GIS datasets, which I hope to do this morning
2. Attend today's photography course; and
3. Do a 15-mile recce around town for the Stag Walkers.


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Here's one of my best shots from yesterday's tour.


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