As the end of the year draws close so too does a number of “traditional” milestones – namely Christmas and more importantly Dee’s 30th birthday. 30 has always been one of the big ones — the first birthday when you start counting in decades rather than years, something to be dreaded, especially for …

… and none too soon. I was going a little crazy from wwwithdrawal, I think — our access from work is limited (to say the least), and I must have at least 12,000 unread emails in Gmail by now. Not to mention the fact that I have to redesign my websites every month (it’s a sickness) and protect the …

I awake fully clothed, sans shoes, face down on a mattress of calico stuffed with porridge, my drool-patch soaking in nicely to combine with the drool-patches of a thousand backpackers before me. In a foolishly improvident move I attempt to lift my head — the action sends my body back to the …

(Did you think from the title that we’d finally — and suddenly! — made the next big move? Not yet, I’m afraid.) Dee’s off to London this weekend for work, and I’m tagging along with her! She leaves tomorrow from Glasgow, whilst I’ll be on late-night flight from Edinburgh after work, and we’ll meet …

An update, in case there’s anyone who reads this and wonders what’s been going on — we’ve found a flat in London! The move is actually happening … Okay, so where are we? Dee gave her notice a couple of weeks ago and so has only two weeks left (this one included), and I’ve organised to start at the …

With Chris Kendrick coming to visit, I went ahead and booked a Haggis Tour: Skye High. This should see us travelling around Scotland and Skye on a bus for a few days, with plenty of opportunities for walking (Chris’s idea) and drinking whiskey (my idea), as well as a chance to meet some new people …