Category Archives: holiday
I DID IT!
Yesterday I actually became SSI certified! I have done 6 official dives (plus one in the pool and one which doesn’t count because it was mainly exercises) and I passed my theory exam. I have seen ghost pipe fish, scorpion … Continue reading
Another new experience
Here are a few facts about me that may add a little more context to this post: 1) I swim like a swan. Not in an elegant sort of way. In a ‘must keep head and entire neck out of … Continue reading
A not entirely relaxing massage
Six days ago I arrived in Tacloban. It was a chaotic but brilliant few days, revisiting some of the people we worked with last year and being at Mama Pat’s 80th birthday. (Mama Pat was woken at midnight for her … Continue reading
It’s raining chaos
I go on holiday on Friday. I’m usually really organised about this sort of thing, but something has gone wrong this year and I’ve left everything right to the very last minute. This is resulting in a lot of ‘oops … Continue reading
Round and round in circles
Things keep going around in all different sorts of circles at the moment. Earlier this week I blogged about post it notes, the next day Facebook reminded me that exactly a year before I’d blogged about…post it notes (I’m thinking … Continue reading
Greek animals great and small
This time last week I was in Ithaca. My body is back in the UK – I know this because of things like the sudden drop in temperature and the number of e-mails I’ve got through this week. My head … Continue reading
Ithaca, here I come!
I started my day in the office with my fingers in the beard of a man I’ve met once before, trying to establish if there was enough growth to house a shrew. I finished the day removing clothes from my … Continue reading
Ithaca holiday – additional bits
I came home in the end rather than hiding out in the big villa I mentioned in my last post. I think I’d rather still be perfecting my snorkeling (who am I kidding? – getting to grips with a leaky … Continue reading
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