- Location
- Monmouthshire, Wales
It's been a crazy academic year. All my students are now busy preparing for exams and panicking to get assignments submitted so the email deluge has reduced to a trickle. My 'problem student' has formally withdrawn from the course. The Covid rules have stopped changing and been withdrawn so I don't need to re-issue my risk assessments every week. The new Health and Safety guy has finally accepted that I know what I'm doing with pyrotechnics and rocket engines and has decided to let me get on with the research. I've actually got some free time!
To summarize the last 7 months:
- Holly is still in good health. At 9 years old she's just as active as ever and still loves muddy wallows.
- Going for early walks (i.e. before the students wake up & start emailing) has been very enjoyable. The world is very quiet with lots of wildlife around.
- We've finally got a parking pass for the Forest of Dean so we often start and finish our walks by one of the cafes. Coffee and a shared flapjack - yummy!
- To celebrate our freedom we've booked a cottage near Swanage for a week and are going to continue our exploration of the SW Coast Path. Holly, Ruth and I LOVE our coast path walks - long walks, picnics, ice creams, pub teas. Everything a Lab needs.
So who fancies a SW pack walk? They're doing really nice apricot flapjacks at Beechenhurst at the moment so we could start and finish there (if people don't mind paying for parking).
To summarize the last 7 months:
- Holly is still in good health. At 9 years old she's just as active as ever and still loves muddy wallows.
- Going for early walks (i.e. before the students wake up & start emailing) has been very enjoyable. The world is very quiet with lots of wildlife around.
- We've finally got a parking pass for the Forest of Dean so we often start and finish our walks by one of the cafes. Coffee and a shared flapjack - yummy!
- To celebrate our freedom we've booked a cottage near Swanage for a week and are going to continue our exploration of the SW Coast Path. Holly, Ruth and I LOVE our coast path walks - long walks, picnics, ice creams, pub teas. Everything a Lab needs.
So who fancies a SW pack walk? They're doing really nice apricot flapjacks at Beechenhurst at the moment so we could start and finish there (if people don't mind paying for parking).
