1 May 2021Uncategorized Complacency and fatigue Chronic fatigue is one of the common symptoms of ‘long COVID’. In Britain, there are estimates that 14% of people who tested […]
26 April 2021Uncategorized How real is an earthquake? As far as I was concerned this week’s news of the week (in a less than good way) was the restating of […]
17 April 2021Uncategorized Introductions I spent my work in COVID-ville, otherwise known as the City of Sails. The purpose of my visit was to run or […]
10 April 2021Uncategorized Difficult decisions I was looking at masks when I flew up to Auckland this week, and wondering how people decided to select the mask […]
3 April 2021Uncategorized Blowing bubbles I was rather surprised this week to read that the travel industry thinks the government should insure travellers against getting stuck in […]
27 March 2021Uncategorized Squashed frog Upon finishing our 3 week cycling trip I suddenly felt flat. Dead flat. Perhaps as flat as a frog we saw on […]
20 March 2021Uncategorized What’s in a year? A year ago tomorrow I posted the start of this blog, prompted by Jacinda Ardern’s announcement on March 21 2020 that New […]
12 March 2021Uncategorized Are you on an e-bike? I have been visualising carrying a swimming noodle so I can whip it out and hit people over the head when they […]
6 March 2021Uncategorized Early or Late? The Serum Institute in India aims to manufacture over 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine shots in 2021. This would be almost half the […]
27 February 2021Uncategorized A diverse life At one time I aspired to be like Marie Stopes. Who is she, you might ask. If you are a coal geologist […]