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Week 6 in Vancouver – Birding in Stanley Park

On Friday, we took another walk to Stanley Park. We’d hoped to meet up with the same naturalist we met before, and explore the wildlife of the park with him – but he had a family emergency and couldnt make … Continue reading

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Week 5 in Vancouver

I posted late in week 4, so just a weekend in Victoria to write about really. We got a good deal on a bus/ferry/hotel package, so it was a good time to explore. The sea was amazingly foggy on the … Continue reading

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Week 4 in Vancouver

Work remains pretty busy out here. There are changes going on at work back in Edinburgh – my line manager is changing in a reorganisation, and discussion and planning around the change has taken a chunk of time. Then discussions … Continue reading

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And the learning just keeps growing and growing……….

  I’m struggling to document everything I have been seeing and doing here, there is just so much learning and not enough hours in the day to get it all down sadly. The past couple of days in particular I … Continue reading

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Six Years Later…

This time of year has always had significance for me. I love the leaves changing colour, I loved guising as a kid, all the little rituals and games, carving neeps (seriously, pumpkins are too easy!), dooking for apples, all the … Continue reading

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Life across the pond

I have so much to write about so much to filter, and brain keeps wandering off and avoiding the task at hand. In brief for now……. OWL – Wow my learning and experience is going through the roof here. They … Continue reading

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Week 3 in Vancouver

Things really are non-stop here, very little space and time to think. Especially this past week – I worked extra hours Mon-Thu so I could take a short day on Friday and head to Seattle for the weekend. So the … Continue reading

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Lessons learned

I have so much to write about but the days go in quickly….. Up at 6am home after 6pm or later if I go via the gym, eat relax sleep. At least that’s my schedule when I’m working at OWL … Continue reading

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Week 2 in Vancouver

Where did that week go! Another week over already. No jetlag, but lots of work again. To get everything done, I’m now starting work at 6:30am, so I can get some work done then get to the office for 9am. … Continue reading

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Have you locked the door?

There is so much I want to write about but I am in a very happily mellow space this evening, so a interim post is in order…. In brief we survived eating Jiffy Pop! Longer version every horror film before … Continue reading

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