Category Archives: Sabbatical
Lost in translation
I’m in Japan! I’m actually in Tokyo! Me! I can barely believe it! For a man who’s got previously got lost a few hundred metres from the home he’s lived in for over a decade, with a bad sense of … Continue reading
Seven days
That was some week! I’m a month into my sabbatical, have been to Norway and Madrid, about to go to New York, with Japan and Australia coming up at the end of the month…and yet I had one of the … Continue reading
Sabbatical – the story so far
“How’s the sabbatical going?” “So what do you do all day now that you’re not working?” “Do you get up at, like, 12 o’clock?” “Do you miss work?” “When and where are you off next?” These seem to be the … Continue reading
The real Madrid
My sabbatical rolls on! After Norway, there was no rest as a couple of days later I was on my way to Newcastle and Nottingham with my two mates Si and Chief for a couple of random nights out. Two … Continue reading
Day 7 Review – Homeward bound
I wake up, sad to be leaving in a few hours. I go to breakfast and chat to the friendly guy from Somerset who’s staying on for the full twelve days, and now I wish that I was too. I … Continue reading
Day 6 Review – Sol searching
7am and I need to get up. It looks bright outside and although I have had sunsets, I haven’t had a sunrise yet. The lazy part of me reminds me it’s a holiday and a bed’s there to be slept … Continue reading
Day 5 Review – Riding through the snow, on a twelve-dog open sleigh…
I wake up to sunrise poking through the clouds over mountains on the horizon. Breakfast, and then more photography outside. We pass under a bridge whose type seems to be common in these parts, connecting various islands and bridging fjords. I … Continue reading
Day 4 Review – Northern Exposure
Twenty years ago to this very day, I had the delight of seeing Paris for the first time. I was encapsulated by all the man-made structures and the beauty of the surroundings on that St. Valentine’s Day. Now, exactly twenty … Continue reading
Lights, camera, action!
Full write up soon, but…oh…my…god…… last night’s display of the Northern Lights was awesome!! Wish I could capture all of it, but the sights were out of this world. It swayed, it drifted, it glowed, it danced above our heads … Continue reading
You’re going where? No (r) way!!
My sabbatical is fast approaching, so it’s time to reveal my first destination: Norway. Now you might be forgiven for thinking that when you live in a country that’s having its worst snowfall in 18 years, that the smart option … Continue reading