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BAM 3
...was about 200m from February's, but on the other side of the wall of the Duke of Buccleuch's Dalkeith estate and in woodland as opposed to the middle of a field. Woodland by a burn, with an off camber pitch which led to worries of sliding off into said burn (the Dead Burn), the coefficient of friction between pertex and tyvek being roughly that ( Read more... ) -
BAM 1
Blogging again! Stopped when covid started, then it got problematic when Russia invaded Ukraine. Covid is now down to less than 100,000 cases in the UK, and I think I've linked this to Dreamwidth in case there's an issue with LJ servers, so yeah, let's carry on ( Read more... ) -
A Scottish Welcome
One of my best students, and just a lovely family. Recorded for the benefit of Afghan refugees arriving in Scotland (subtitles are pashto I think). We're interviewing a group of Afghan men next week and have had the current recruitment freeze waived so we can hire a tutor for them, a great guy who's been volunteering in my class since September. He ( Read more... ) -
2/2/22=46
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Phew
Had a meeting with / presentation to the College Principal and one of the Associate Principals, plus our Head of Faculty, my Curriculum Manager and my opposite number in Modern Languages, Caroline (who is from France and tres formidable ( Read more... ) -
An elegant system of scoring for a more civilised age
Just did an hour and a half with the Edinburgh Badminton Academy. Turns out I've been lunging wrong all this time. And they changed the points system in 2006 apparently. Who knew? Confused but happy, and stiff tomorrow: I'd forgotten how physical it is. In fact, that's the first proper sweaty exercise I've had since before lockdown (not including ( Read more... ) -
Step to the rhythm made out of brown paper
Drivng to meet the writng crew in Dalmeny last evening, Steve Lamacq was playing New Forms in full. Bristol.
We couldn't all make it. Ivan is worried Sonja might have caught covid at work so is isolating. Keith lives in Lanark so is isolated. Ally is doing a Masters and teaching over the summer so is just fucked really. Good to see Lara, Laura and ( Read more... ) -
Wham! and indeed Bam! Thank you ma'am
BBC News - Barbie of Oxford Covid vaccine designer Dame Sarah Gilbert created
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58077396
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