First run in sleeves this Autumn. 🍂

Nearly at the finish line on selling my house. If #AI means the end of conveyancers and estate agents tomorrow, it won’t be a moment too soon.

Making exercises better, starting with understanding what good looks like

A nice little milestone for a September Saturday morning…

Exciting, as a veteran owned business, to be included in the #ukinclusivesourcingsummit here in London.Two glorious days of I immersion in genuine diversity!

Hard not to love #London on days like today…

Sunday Morning 10K in the woods. As much fun as it looks.

Got my Space Tank back on the table at my new Wargaming Club last night. Rolling dice for fun after a very long break…

New big canvas posters coming to our business unit…

Maybe a bit premature on the #wellies

Damsons: processed ✅

Sunrise over Gaucin.

After a few days of hot, muggy haze, the skies have cleared, giving clear visibility over Gibraltar and a good view of the northernmost hills of Africa.

It’s going to be another warm day in Andalucia…

Fireworks to mark the beginning of Feria, Gaucin’s annual 4-night summer party

Good Morning!

Another tough day in Andalusia catching up on my reading list.

Sundowners, with the view stretching out to Gibraltar and the mountains of Africa beyond.

Running down off the mountain with the boy before the heat of a Saturday Morning in #Andalusia drives everyone into the shade until after siesta time…

Proper churros from the trailer in Gaucin this morning. Two between four is absolutely enough and, of course, any bar in town is happy for a family to turn up with a greasy bag full, unwrap them and demolish them as long as we’re drinking their coffee.

Good Morning from Andalusia. Time to get some exercise done before it gets too hot…

Off to the South of Spain. Via Dorchester South and Bristol Temple Meads.

Gratitude for a small win - turns out that one compartment of one carriage on the train to Bristol has tables and power supplies…

Always good to be recognised!

A Dorset evening out in the forest with the dogs. Glorious.

Back home in Dorset and trying out something new for supper…

The last task of what’s felt like a long week in London, bidding farewell to the Wiltshire Yeomanry’s last veteran of the 1939 mobilisation. Ich Dien

Demo and Counter Demo to brighten up rush hour on The Strand this afternoon…

In London for a wargaming conference, so took the opportunity to include another high spot in this morning’s run.

Bank Holiday adventure over 12km, exploring South London on a section of the #GreenChain, from #Brockley down to #CrystalPalace - so many interesting places miles from a tube station…

Sunday project in the woods, moving some logs around to make the Jubilee Trail passable with dry feet again. Not that Spice cares…

I know we need some rain soon, but this Spring has been amazing in Dorset!

The residents of this place are about to have a really bad few days…

A weirdness of this dry spring in our bit of Dorset - fluff from trees which should really have been washed into the soil by now still drifting like snow in the verges.

A morning channeling my inner Slartibartfast ahead of an exercise next week. Can’t help thinking this is something I ought to be asking AI to do much of the work for…

Home after a slightly extended weekend in town. About time I got back to work after a glorious week of largely bunking off.

Back up to London for Cavalry Memorial weekend

A 5K through the commuters from Vauxhall across to Tower Bridge this morning to blow away the cobwebs. A surprisingly brilliant way to see so much of London’s history in less than an hour!

Cracking day for a tea party…

Something really satisfyingly primeval about being passed by a horse-drawn gig out in the forest while running with the dogs…

One from the day job. I feel like I’ll kick myself when someone reminds me of something I already know well…

A new badge for my reserve uniform today…always something a bit first-day-at-school about it. I’ve worn this one before, sixteen years ago, when the organisation was still 43(Wessex)Bde, in succession to 43 Div, who fought so hard through Normandy and beyond.

Monday mornings don’t start much better than this.

An elevator pitch has always been challenging for the comfort with chaos that we do at @evocatusuk.bsky.social So, here’s a quick intro to try to bring everything to life as we find our feet here.

24 hours up in the smoke doing @evocatusuk.bsky.social stuff - using an invitation to speak at a conference as an excuse to get some long-intended meetings into the diary. And to have a smoothie and a turkey sandwich…we don’t get those in South Dorset!

8 for lunch tomorrow. And then…

Born on this day, Oliver Postgate. Some years later he met up with Peter Firmin, and created magic that lives forever. Here's Oliver, Peter and some very dear friends.

Finally made it. Great to see so many familiar faces already here!