It has been a good eventful six weeks. I left employment with the NHS at the end of August, had two weeks off between jobs and have now started with Northern Rail. The time between jobs started brilliantly, with a weekend away in North Yorkshire with friends to celebrate A's 40th/27 forever birthday. I then took the opportunity to go see some of the world in more detail.

Life Moves Pretty Fast . . . You know how the quote ends, don’t you? I was so happy to be able to use this in real life the other day, with my friend’s 10 year-old daughter. It’s absolutely true; I know that time moves at exactly the same rate every day and that time is perception as well as the movement of the planet.

Or so I'm repeatedly told

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