Day 15 out of 14 in the off-shore household ( Read more... )

"I shall be as the dark Holly King, darkness and cold in my cloak I will bring..."Hopefully the last Sunday lunch of a two week stay on a remote island, although with no helicopters since Thursday and still with sideways snow here and 150 miles away in Aberdeen, the delays to catch up make a Wednesday departure home look a touch tight ( Read more... )

Mid-way through a spell on a remote island east of Aberdeen and just about adjusted to night-shifts again ( Read more... )

The end of 4 weeks off and back on the train to work. Quite a few miles travelled ( Read more... )

Three weekends in a row away, initially at Stourhead and Salisbury for the first one, then away for a long weekend in Whitby for the Goth Weekend. Rather enjoyable, but the Thursday to Monday passed far too quickly. As always it was great to catch up with folk I hadn't seen for ages, quite enjoyed a couple of the bands and the Sunday 80s night ( Read more... )

A fine Thursday evening meal at Joseph Benjamin (pheasant casserole) after a day catching up at home after 2 weeks away at work and part of the afternoon in the County archives looking up odd bits of info on the field ( Read more... )

One more sleep, hopefully just a couple of hours work in the morning then the helicopter to Aberdeen and home to Chester by nightfall (although the weather has taken a downturn).
A little bit of chasing around for Thursday, then odd jobs at home and the field depending on the weather and Stourhead and Salisbury for the first weekend of four weeks

The last Sunday lunch of the trip consumed whilst on a remote island, last week's cold has gone, but still got a lungy cough and aching a bit after swinging loads of valves open and closed (pig-launching down the pipeline) - an intelligent pig arrived on today's boat, it looks like something out of a sci-fi film and the magnets were almost powerful ( Read more... )

One week down, one to go out here on a remote island.
The cold has gone as quick as it came and hopefully the last one for the rest of winter.
The weather has been reasonably fine, but I guess that's the same back on dry land too...

Another week and then four weeks off work - in the middle there is The Whitby Goth Weekend. I missed the spring one ( Read more... )

Eventually got to Aberdeen not long before midnight - the East Coast connection at Edinburgh had been delayed down south due to track-side cable thefts ( Read more... )