Last week marked the first time I commuted into an office since mid-October. It was fine, other than the Overground train in the morning running incredibly slow and getting to Whitechapel nearly 20 minutes later than it should have – making that leg of the journey 47 minutes instead of 27 minutes. And of course the train is standing room only once it reaches our station (the 2nd station up from where the train starts) thanks to Southern cutting services…
Well I certainly got my wish for some colder weather this past week. It’s been great, sunshine, clear evening skies, and I get to wear my new winter jacket from Christmas. When it’s especially clear at night, we can see an impressive amount of objects in the sky for being relatively close to the perma-noon of central London. We popped along to a talk by the Norwood Society on the history of Anerley Hill – a short, but jam-packed with…
Well, the biggest event for me this week has been starting a new job. I took a bit of time off after leaving my previous job in mid-October, so it’s been a bit of a shock to the system. A shock that went well though. The first week was completely remote, and the company on a whole is hybrid working, but very chill about it. The office is in Bloomsbury, somewhere I’ve not worked before. I do really enjoy the…
In an effort to do a bit more writing and posting here, I thought I’d have a go at the ‘Week Notes’ format. Each week, just writing about interesting bits from the past week. Let’s get stuck in! The week kicked off with a visit to St. James’s Park to do a bit of birding. It was the first time I was really out and about since before Christmas. I had myself a chest infection that was very determined to…