23 November 2012
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I had to go to the local sorting office this morning to pick up a parcel that arrrived during the week. I hopped on my bike and discovered that, using the ring-road cycle path, it is easier than I realised … Continue reading
17 November 2012
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I’m gigging tonight at the Harcourt Arms in Jericho, Oxford. It is with a little jazz group called Other Way Up and I’m on double bass. I’m in the pub now, enjoying some fantastic acoustic guitar playing by the first … Continue reading
15 November 2012
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I lied; I cycled to the local polling station but I could not resist the pun. It is true though that I have voted in the Police and Crime Commisioner elections taking place up and down the country today. I’m … Continue reading
12 November 2012
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As I was cycling to work today, I narrowly missed a squirrel which obviously hadn’t paid attention to Tufty and dashed out across the road in front of me. Fortunately, for both me and the squirrel, it was fast enough … Continue reading
25 August 2012
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Why was I out after dark, sitting in the rain last night? Because Jane and I were watching Creation Theatre’s take on The Merchant of Venice at the Saïd Rooftop Amphitheatre. It didn’t rain too much although it was good … Continue reading
21 August 2012
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I was up late last night working on a spot of history. On the morning of 8 September, St Clement’s church will be open for visitors enjoying the Oxford Preservation Trust’s Open Doors weekend. One thing we want to be … Continue reading
8 August 2012
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Over the past few months I have not been using Headington Library as much as I did in the past. Out of the four days of the week when I work in Headington, it closes at 1pm (when I normally … Continue reading
27 June 2012
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Yesterday I was at a team day organised by one of the research groups at work. It was run down at Balliol College; I am very familiar with its Broad Street façade, which I have passed many times, but have never … Continue reading
20 June 2012
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I have to admit that my deeply held belief that petrol prices only ever ratchet up seems to be on slightly shaky ground. I refilled for 131.9p per litre earlier this evening at a local filling station (Sainsbury’s, Heyford Hill). … Continue reading
28 April 2012
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Jane and I were up at 4am this morning in order to join a dawn chorus walk at the RSPB’s Otmoor reserve an hour later. Unfortunately the weather was not great — cold, grey, wet and windy — but we … Continue reading