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I finally finished reading my Bill Bryson book and as with any good book it was sad to reach the end of it. Finished it just in time as it happens, my OU stuff arrived a couple of days ago and I’m trying (or more honestly, not trying) in vain to make a start on it. Now it’s here it all seems a bit overwhelming. I’ve installed the required software, read through the guide, in fact did everything I can but start the actual work. I’ve diverted myself by starting to build another website, taken to having long walks around the ring road, surfing the net, downloading and listening to loads of music.I knew my Astronomy course wouldn’t just consist of sitting out in the moonlight, gazing at stars, singing cowboy songs... but managing spreadsheets!This is gonna be hard for a luddite like...

After spending most of the week in bed, Lazarus finally rose from the dead today. I got up, had a long soak in the bath, shaved, dressed and was soon ready to face the world… well not quite… but I was ready to face a walk alone in the woods.The leaves have all but gone from the branches now, but as one cycle ends another begins.All around the forest floor the first snowdrops are beginning to shoot. Soon they will be everywhere, it’s the abundance of spring flowers here that gives this woodland it’s name… Springwood.Once through the woods I made my way along the River Teviot which was running high and dirty. Just a few seconds after I took this photo, a brilliant flash of electric blue shot out of the bank and across the water, the first kingfisher I have seen for ages. I carried...