During the October half term we decided to take Dot to see the Kelpies, which is something I had never heard of but H had wanted to see for ages. After a bit of research I found out what they were and found out that you can park in the carpark over night. It’s a long way just for the night so I also found a campsite north of Edinburgh where we could stop for another night. We would then…
In December 2022 I had a bit of a health scare by the means of a Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) or mini stroke as its more commonly known. It was just another normal day with me being in the office and at lunch time I tend to go for walk, especially as it was close to Christmas and I still hadn’t got Heather her present. I was walking up towards Bridalsmith Gate in Nottingham and look down at my right…
Today we welcomed Evelyn Rose Dorothy Padgett to our family. A health little girl who from day 1 will wrap me around her little finger. Im not embarrassed to say I shed a little tear when I first held her. I made 2 promises to her on that day:
Only a quick post today as at 12:00 I have my 2nd Covid jab, and if you know me you kniw I HATE NEEDLES !!!! I’m dosed up on paracetamol in an attempt to combat the site effects as it seemed to work for the first one. Whis me luck 🙂 Pete
First things first – WE SURVIVED !!! We have just been on our first (of hopefully many) trips in Dot our CamperVan and it was a huge success. We were not quite sure where we wanted to go for our first trip but for some reason we chose Brecon Bacons / Malvern Hills. So we booked 2 nights at Moorhampton Caravan Club Site and 1 night in Tewkesbury Abbey Caravan Club Site just to get a feel for the whole…
I’ve been meaning to write this post for quite a while but as I have been away from blogging for a while it got pushed to the back burner. I’m now attempting to post at least once a week… let’s see how that goes. I have always been slightly confused about what LinkedIn was actually for, is it a supplier catalogue, a supplier hunting ground, a place that isn’t Facebook to post rubbish about how brilliant you or your life…
Its scarey but we have finaly taken the plunge and bought a CamperVan.. When my mum passed away she left each of us a bit of money and I did not just want to feed it in to the mortgage or save it for a rainy day. We wanted something that we would get use out of and would remind us of her. As you will see from previous posts we had a fantastic time in an RV driving around…
Whilst were were all working from home the question above was irrelevant as you were always at home with the first attempt at communication via Microsoft Teams. Now that we are blending locations between home and the office (and now holidays) this question starts to get a little more complex. In an attempt to resolve this I have started using the Teams status message to tell anyone who is after me where I am. This image shows what I have…
For quite a few years Heather and have have dreamt about a California road trip, and on Sunday we finally get to go…. We are off for 3 weeks consisting of 4 days in San Francisco, 6 nights in a Motor Home and finishing off with hotels scattered around. This is another first for us as we are also going with some friends, Lilly and Dave, whom we met quite a few years ago on a family holiday as they…
Hi Its been a while since I made an entry in my blog but this issue has been bubbling under and I have now reached the point at which I need to vent / explain. This entry will consist of 2 parts, the first one being based on my experience of recruitment companies who either want to place “the best engineer EVER” with me or attempting to create a dialogue with me. Part 1 Firstly, as a University we are…