Can I handle Newquay in the summer?

Another slight panic. People keep warning me against staying in Newquay during the summer. In a way, though, now that I’ve settled on Newquay in my mind it is going to take more to change it than it would have done a month ago! I do get ‘attached’ to ideas in that way.
Basically, I am […]

Proofreading for Project Gutenberg

I have started volunteering as a proofreader for Project Gutenberg. This is an enormous online library of etexts that have been transferred to computer by volunteers.
Proofreading for Project Gutenberg is not exactly the same as normal proofreading as the idea is not to change what the author wrote but to make the text accessible by […]

Working for yourself

Slight panic while having my shower this morning. I have no idea what I’m going to do in the long term, no exciting business venture planned or entrepreneurial project to carry out.
A friend said to me recently that if you are going into business for yourself, you should try to do something you have a […]

Leaving London

I will miss London, I am sure. I will miss Hampstead Heath and all the London parks. I will miss the little ‘villages’ within the city - Marylebone, Brondesbury, Hampstead, Ladbroke Grove, Clerkenwell and so on. My route along the Regent’s Canal to work. The restaurants on Charlotte Street, the pubs along the South Bank. […]

Life by the sea

I’ve really enjoyed my time in Cornwall and I think this might be the change, the therapy that I need. Everyone was friendly and laid back, and it’s catching! Usually I am quite uptight around people but this weekend I really enjoyed chatting with people in shops, cafes, taxis and so on, asking their advice […]

Greetings from Fistral Beach, Cornwall

I’ve started my trip in Newquay, which is not quite the ‘English Ibiza’ I thought it would be. Then again, it’s only April!
There are some things to recommend Newquay. Plenty of high street shops, surfing/skating outlets etc, so it scores high for local amenities. Nice beaches and decent surfing. It feels relatively lively and urban, […]

Is it ridiculous?

I haven’t posted for a while, partly because I have had a mental block about what to write. A lot of my friends see what I am doing as an extended summer holiday or a career break, just taking some time off. I must have explained things that way. But I am thinking about this […]