Wee trip to the sea for Jack to run around: boats, little tractors, planes, kites and toast. Time of his life. 📸

First time out with Good Time Running Club along with NCT Dads, 13kn from Beach To Brewery, ending up at Cross Borders in Dalkeith.

Results are in: passed the OU module “The British Isles and the modern world” - now I need to decide if I have the time to do the final “year” of studying

Started reading: The Russo-Ukrainian War by Serhii Plokhy 📚

3km run before packing

Reading for the journey back to Edinburgh: Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart 📚

Tunisian meal out at Maison Bleue, then I got a bottle of beer for a wee wander. I’m German now.

Lunch at Bloom, Berlin

Dinner at Oliveto and then a leisurely stroll home along the canal in the evening sun 📸

Brunch at dots, then headed into the city for a wander. 📸

Morning 3km run along the canal at Neukölln.

Dinner at Cafe Pilz

We visited the Jewish Museum. A really worthwhile experience, very well presented. The building really shows the power of architecture to evoke feelings: the void in the tower, and instability in the Garden of Exile.

Brunch at Venue Breakfast, Berlin

Started reading: Status and Culture by W. David Marx 📚

Banh mi and a sunshine view of the castle

Getting the most out of our zoo pass with a wee fathers day trip. Highlight was some baby tamarins.

Currently reading: Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang 📚

📸 zoo day, and first bus trip for the boy! We had fun watching the crowds on their way to Taylor Swift, plus seeing this lovely blue frog.

Zoo day to see the penguin chicks 📸

New marathon pb: 4:31:07 - I had far fewer long runs to train this year. I think this helped, as I was much stricter with keeping to pace in the first 10km, rather than being swept along by the crowd. Legs cramped up in the last two km, but overall it was an enjoyable race.

Zoo day 🐧

Went to cheer on the EMF 10km runners this morning, including Allan doing his first ever run!

A lazy afternoon walking at the Botanic Gardens 📸

A hot and sunny day for ParkRun with the boy