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Moving to Scotland (in a pandemic) – Episode 6

Moving to Scotland (in a pandemic) – Episode 6

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Moving to Scotland (in a pandemic) – Episode5

Moving to Scotland (in a pandemic) – Episode5

It’s 2022 and my sporadic series documenting my move to Scotland continues on. Whilst there has been progress over the past few months since I last blogged, we still quite haven’t made it over the line in terms of our overall goals. We are in a much better position going into 2022 then we were a year ago though, so it’s not all bad. SeptemberAs has been the same for the past 13 years, September…

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Moving to Scotland in a Pandemic - Episode 4

Moving to Scotland in a Pandemic – Episode 4

Languishing. That’s apparently the word of the year and it totally sums up my 2021 so far. My last proper update was at the end of 2020 (not including my watch purchases), and I ended the blog post with the fact we’d had two offers on our house in England. And then the first offer fell through the first week of Jan – the buyer pulled out citing Covid uncertainty but not to worry, we had the…

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Mr Jones Watches - Mare Adesso

Mr Jones Watches – Mare Adesso

Back in summer 2020, I missed out on the limited edition Mare Adesso watch. I spent too long thinking about it, and by the time I logged on, it had sold out – they mentioned on their blog that it was their fasting selling watch. It was designed by Matteo Girardi “as a celebration of nature and the freedom of the oceans” and it’s clearly (and rightfully!) one of their most popular designs. They…

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Mr Jones Watches - Paper Crane

Mr Jones Watches – Paper Crane

My next watch purchase was made at the same time I moved to Scotland last year. The wonderful Mr Jones Watches team held onto it for a couple of days for me, so this was the first parcel that arrived after I moved. It’s stunning. Just phenomenally stunning. Paper Crane by the incredible artist, Hannah Sung. I actually took some photos of this last week but when I reviewed them yesterday, I…

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Mr Jones Watches - The Promise of Happiness

Mr Jones Watches – The Promise of Happiness

It’s been so long since I’ve posted that I’ve almost forgotten how to use WordPress, but my blog has become a catalogue of my watch collection and I have a bit of catching up to do! First up, a sample from August last year. Since everything has moved online, Mr Jones Watches has regularly held sample sales on their Instagram page, and this is one of the samples I managed to pick up. A white…

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Moving to Scotland (in a pandemic) - Episode 3

Moving to Scotland (in a pandemic) – Episode 3

The last time I posted was 7 months ago, and it simultaneously feels like nothing and everything has happened. Episode 2 of “Moving to Scotland in a pandemic” ended with me about to start my new job but struggling to get the whole house selling and buying process started. So a quick recap of June-December. JuneLeaving your job in a lockdown situation is really weird. I generally don’t like being…

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Moving to Scotland (in a pandemic); Episode 2

Moving to Scotland (in a pandemic); Episode 2

Almost 2 months ago, I resigned from my job in order to move 450 miles north to Scotland. A reasonable person might have assumed we’d be a quite a significant way through selling our house, that we’d have put a bid in for our dream house, or that we’d be surrounded by our worldly possessions in boxes.

Sadly, the UK lockdown has prevented all of this from happening and we have made…

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Mr Jones Watches - All This Will Pass

Mr Jones Watches – All This Will Pass

I don’t have much opportunity to wear one of my many watches at the moment. Time just doesn’t seem to matter so much when you spend 23 hours of the day inside. Despite (or maybe because of) this, I decided to expand my collection and add number 20 which has a beautiful message for these crazy times.

I do frequently feel my anxiety levels rising – when I stand in the queue at the supermarket,…

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Moving to Scotland (in a pandemic)

Part of the reason why I haven’t posted on here this year is because I haven’t been able to share what’s been happening in my life. It’s quite hard to know what to write when I haven’t wanted to give away the huge plans that Husband and I have. Yep, we’re moving 400 miles from the south of England to the middle of Scotland. In a global pandemic.

About a year ago, we were on a trip in the…

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Mr Jones Watches - The Ascendant

Mr Jones Watches – The Ascendant

Oh hi guys. It’s been a while since I’ve opened up WordPress – it certainly wasn’t a conscious decision and I am hoping to get back in to it soon. In the meantime, I have a new watch! Some things never change.

The latest addition to my collection is incredibly beautiful and photos do not do it justice. The Ascendant is by French artist, Marion Labbezwho has made four watches for Mr Jones…

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December 2019 Things

For some indeterminate reason, my blogging really tailed off towards the end of 2019. I definitely still enjoy it, but the last year of the decade seemed much quieter for me than previous years. It’s hard to find inspiration when all you’re doing is working and sleeping! I’m sincerely hoping that 2020 has a lot more for me than 2019!

Liberty Advent Calendar Another year, another Liberty…

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November 2019 Things

November happened in the blink of an eye, and December rushed at me unexpectedly. I feel unprepared for the last month of the decade!

Eddie Izzard The month started at an Eddie Izzard gig – the fifth tour I have seen of his (Circle, Sexie, Stripped, Force Majure and now Wunderbar). Honestly, if you don’t like Eddie, there won’t be much for you in his latest, and possibly final, show but I…

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October 2019 Things

And just like that, the new academic year kicks off and everything starts to settle down. October is still a little chaotic at the start, but we’re almost back to ‘normal’ by the end of the month, which gives me more time for myself.

John Robins – Hot Shame I adore the comedian John Robins and I was so excited to see his Hot Shame tour at the Hammersmith Apollo with my BFF(and fellow PCD)…

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48 Hours in Copenhagen - Cisternerne

48 Hours in Copenhagen – Cisternerne

This last post about my 48 hours in Copenhagen (alternative title – “Did you really go to Copenhagen just for a burger?”) is about possibly the weirdest place you can visit in the city – Cisternerne.

The Cisterns is an old water reservoir found beneath the Søndermarken park in Frederiksberg. For some crazy reason, it was turned into an exhibition space for the Frederiksberg museum – the man…

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Mr Jones Watches - A Perfectly Useless Morning

Mr Jones Watches – A Perfectly Useless Morning

As I struggled through my 11th year of start-of-semester chaos at work, I made myself a promise – just get through Registration and I will treat myself to a new Mr Jones watch. I had my next purchase picked out – A Perfectly Useless Afternoondesigned by Belgian artist, Kristof Devos. I had missed out on buying one of the limited editions, but a slightly modified version has since made it to the…

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September 2019 Things

September always seems to come and go in the blink of an eye – we spend the whole month panicking about the students coming back, and all of a sudden, campus is filled with them.  This September was exceptionally tough and ended with me doing a 70 hour week.  Oof.  I need the whole of October to recover.

Richard Ayoade interviewed by Adam Buxton A couple of years ago, we saw Adam interview Richard