On Tuesday I completed a 9 mile walk from Grasmere to Windermere. The idea was that this would be a practice run for the Sandstone Trail (which I will hopefully …
Sunday Pudding
Every Sunday I make a pudding to go with the dinner. This week I made a blueberry cheesecake.
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The Sandstone Trail
In the near future I intend to walk the Sandstone Trail: “Northwest England’s Most Popular Middle Distance Trail” (according to the website). Perhaps if I successfully complete this one …
Opinion: The Canary in the Coal Mine
The Guardian posted an article on Friday called Why we should bulldoze the business school. It raises a number of issues but is generally about how Business Schools perpetuate …
Goal Celebration Music
Watching Alloa beat Ayr on Sunday I heard their goal celebration music:
This got me thinking about goal celebration music and whether it is a good thing or not. On …
Sunday Pudding
Every Sunday I make a pudding to go with the dinner. I’ve made a number of things over the past few months. This Sunday I made Tiramisu:
I used the …
A Blast From the Past
In 2004 I went travelling in Argentina. This is a photo of El Tren a las Nubes (the Train to the Clouds). This is one of my Mum’s favourite photos …
Where it all started
I’m currently reading Eugenia Cheng’s book Beyond Infinity. In it she talks about learning to program on a Spectrum as a child and writing a Hello World program. This …
Dagashi
Dagashi are small sweets that kids in Japan used to buy. The equivalent thing we have would be a 10 pence mix. In the Museum of Downtown Customs a Dagashiya …