Jacqueline and I returned from Snowdonia late on Monday morning. Owing to a series of train delays, we both returned tired and exhausted. We therefore both spent much of the week relatively easy, now returned to a rhythm of working, eating and, for me, playing a bit of tennis. It was a fairly distracted week,… Continue reading Week 57: Real Tennis vs Middlesex and the Cambridge University Sinfonia
We had all returned from Orientation on Tuesday afternoon. Everyone was completely exhausted, nobody more so than Emma and myself, the co-directors. For five days straight, we had been getting up at or before 7 am and going to bed at or past 2 am, and had to be attentive and working for much of… Continue reading Week 53: Gates Welcome Dinner
The conclusion of the Orientation trip to the Lake District brings with it a moment for reflection and contemplation. For one, it is the culmination of months of work on a massive project which now leaves space to focus on new tasks. For another, it marks twelve months since I moved to Cambridge from Australia,… Continue reading 2016-17: Year in Review
Having arrived back from Denmark in the very early hours of Tuesday morning, the first thing that Jacqueline and I wanted to do was to get some sleep. But later in the day, we had things to do. We had both signed up for the Gates Learning For Purpose (LfP) videography workshop. This was hosted… Continue reading Week 50: Last Night of the Proms
Jacqueline and I started the week in London, having been at the Proms over the weekend. We had to spend a little bit of time cleaning up the apartment and making it ready for its regular inhabitants again. From there, we rode back towards Liverpool Street, stopping at Embankment on the way for some German… Continue reading Week 47: Moving House and the Royal Botanic Gardens
We arrived back from our Scotland adventure very late on Tuesday evening, and headed straight out to our respective beds. Exhausted and weary from the travel, I slept soundly and smoothly. On Wednesday, I rode out to Parker’s Piece to meet Jacqueline again. She had a visitor from Canada, a former student who was in… Continue reading Week 46: BBC Proms Weekend 5
It was a slow week following the hectic cycling holiday in France. I needed a bit of time to catch a breather. I ventured out to the department for a little bit of work, but it was a lonely place as most of the academics were away and my officemates were in the US. I… Continue reading Week 44: Shepreth Wildlife Park, and July Reprise
