Over the years since then I've done mix of photography projects and IT/ed-tech consultancy - including time on the payroll at University of Warwick and more recently at Oxford Brookes University. While at Warwick I only ever worked four days a week, but when I moved to Brookes I opted to do the job full time - until this month. I've now dropped back down to 4 days a week - to give myself more time to take pictures and even more importantly to spend time outside away from a desk.
I thought it would be constructive for me, if nobody else, to log (and more specifically blog) how I use my Fridays over the next few months. I won't run a separate blog this time round - but I will tag the posts as "FridayBlog"
Friday 1st November 2019, Shetland
How better to start my 'away from the desk Fridays' than with a 03:30 alarm? The reason was, inevitably, the need to get an 06:55 flight from Heathrow - which meant I was on Shetland by about 10:30 - and on Quendale beach not long after that. The first day back on Shetland always involves a number of 'routine' tasks - these including walking Quendale Beach, visiting Sumburgh Head and (in winter at least) getting the house warmed up - all of those successfully achieved by the time the sun set (about 4:00 pm on Shetland at this time of year).
Quendale Beach |
West Voe from Sumburgh Head |
Not only did it feel as if I was escaping the desk - it also felt like I was escaping the really rubbish weather down south too. Heading north to Shetland for the good weather, who'd have thought it?
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