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Daddy’s Morning Stress

Katya is having a quiet morning at NOC enjoying looking at the Arctic ice retreat in the ocean model (by some reason faster than observed, but that is a topic for another entry).
8.20am – A phone call from home. A very calm Daddy asks “Where are Tosha’s shorts?” The shorts were left at the sofa [...]

Whitchurch Community Award Winners!

Katya and I were given a joint Whitchurch Community Award this evening by the mayor and his wife.  Other receipients this year were Keith Watts, Christine Brown, Nikki Farley, Maureen Lang and Rob Dunlop.   We were both moved and delighted to receive the award.  Below is the text of what was read out by [...]

Nice Nice Conference

Katya was in Nice, France for another conference – she was barely back a week from her previous conference in Woods Hole, MA, USA!
No snow there like there was in the States; however, it wasn’t really sunbathing weather either (thank goodness or I’d be jealous! – Andrew).
And where to next?  Well, more close to home [...]

Katya returns from a Hole in the Woods

Katya just returned today from her conference at the (best in the world) oceanography centre in Woods Hole, MA, USA.
She arrived there last Tuesday, just a day or two before another plane decided to turn into a boat in New York (the airplane’s manufacturer is renaming themself AirBoat).
The place, Katya says, is very cute (“its [...]

Head-Banger Christmas

Well, it was a Christmas day to remember. It all started out okay – although Katya and I felt a little bit under the weather.  But this was nothing compared to what was to come…
Tolii got up early, or more like his normal early time, so that he could see if Santa truly had [...]