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While my poor colleagues are facing the famous English weather up there in Kent, I’m here holidaying/working outside! Living the good life…
The downside is that not a lot of work is done under these circumstances – I’ve been running, rowing, swimming and just roaming around, enjoying the sun!…
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Just because I can! 🙂
(yes, I accessed a remote computer & then used that one to remotely access the one I was currently using – thought TeamViewer would block me out but it didn’t!)
Last Sunday I just had time to dash out of the door, armed with my tripod and camera, to capture this beautiful sunset.
The weather here might be temperamental, but the skies are gorgeous!
Same place, same bike – but completely different surroundings!
How it was in March 2013:
And now (August 2013):
Which reminds me that the cold season is fast approaching… 🙁
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My means of transportation around Kent (and beyond!). Car was washed this morning, but the weather turned nastier when I wanted to take care of the bike! :/ It is the great British summer indeed…
In my phone’s home screen I have two weather forecasts: one for Porto, and one for Canterbury. Can you tell which is which?
Interestingly enough, the two forecasts were basically swapped during the time I was in Portugal! I think someone in the Higher Authority (or whatever it is, chaos…) does not like me very much!
In a very posh area of Cambridge, where else? 🙂
(which I got from Lidl, of course!)
… is all very well, but the railway line depicted here (going all the way to Bragança) has been deactivated for almost 20 years now!
The final nail in the coffin of the Tua line will be given when the new Tua dam is completed and an important stretch of the now closed line will go under water.
This has been one hectic week, I can tell you! 🙂 Glad it is over!…
It was a very interesting experience, though – I got to experience the nitty-gritty issues of organising a conference, how to perform under pressure (still have a lot to improve in there!), and how important team work is (not that I wasn’t aware of that already! 😉 ).
A shame that I couldn’t make the best usage of the scientific program in there, though – with too many things to sort out, I barely saw any posters, and I had to miss some of the sessions to help out elsewhere. But I can’t really complain, as I attended the conference for free… 🙂
And now, it is time to get back to the UK… and work like crazy in the lab, as I need “publishable” results before I can actually go on holidays! And also make up for the time lost in terms of trainings, as I have an half-marathon to run and this past week was a big step backwards in my progress (no time for anything!), I ended up bringing my gear home just to fill my suitcase… 😛
The conference is approaching!
