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Field work across expedition & education contexts. Focused on resilience, learning & performance under pressure. Ukraine work.
Tonight the skies above my friends in Ukraine are full of drones (I’ve just seen the screenshot). I can do nothing but toast their health with our shared appreciation of whiskey in the handmade coffee mugs that they presented to me. My thoughts and hopes are with them.
Whilst in Prague, my favourite meal was goulash with bread dumplings. Last night I attempted to recreate it and I actually believe that mine was better
Came down and made the dough whilst my coffee was brewing. Showered and re-dressed whilst it was rising. Breakfast and reading as it cooked. Wholemeal bread for lunch…
Pretty much every week of my younger childhood - in sun, rain, or snow - I’d be in this forest. Many trees were saplings then. Some weren’t even there. Many are gone.