my new/old haunt - the river ythan in ellon. today was the first proper day in the new office so I went for a quick walk after getting lunch...along this very, very familiar path. I launched two rafts into that river for the raft race in the 80s/90s and spent many an afternoon mooching around here with school pals and boyfriends a long, long time ago. I walked past the ythan bakery today and the smell that wafted from the door propelled me right back to 4th year. it’s very weird to be working in ellon and we all feel it...but hopefully we’ll settle in at some point.

my bug seems to have morphed into a head cold today so I’m blasting the holy hell out of it with whisky and menthol steaming. I’ve taken no medication for this for 9 days...but I’ve had enough now. we’ll see tomorrow whether beefy’s double measures will kill or cure me (whisky counts as medication doesn’t it?)