Wee dinner out at the Educated Flea and then Bluegrass at The Barony

Since H has previously bought me a lovely blue jumper and has now bought herself a lovely blue jumper, I'’m unsure if she’s starting to dress like me, or trying to get me to dress like her.

FYI: Format Coffee in Newington is converting to a takeaway and is now doing footlong bratwurst. Sauerkraut, onions & curry sauce. 🌭

Just added rachsmith.com to my personal website inspiration list. Lovely colours, simple but yet with lots of personality and useful info on Astro and coding.

Morning run with beautiful golden sunlight on Edinburgh castle 📸

Playing “With the Beatles” for the boy. I have strong memories of it being played for me when I was little. What albums give you that sense of childhood?

Trying something new - I have made an event trailer for the GlasgowJS JavaScript meetup that I’m hosting next Tuesday. It’s available on YouTube:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXddGnoOyq4

First few steps for the boy 🙌

6.3km run with Jack, back in Edinburgh

Happy New Year! Wishing peace and flourishing for you in 2024.

Last run of the year: 7km near Hexham. That’s around 500km this year, which is roughly half of my usual goal. I’m looking forward to 2024 running, as we have a running buggy for Jack, so I can take him out with me training. Hopefully that will help me get a few more km in over the next 12 months.

Day out walking at Craster by Dunstanburgh Castle, fish finger sandwiches for lunch at the Jolly Fisherman and a beach stroll at Low Newton as the sun went down.

Did the same run as yesterday, but with better weather and 5 minutes faster. Working off some of the rich food from the past few days!

Morning run in the rain near Hexham.

Books, books, books.

At Barter Books, Alnwick

Had a wee lunch out with H at the new Pomelo in Sciennes. Tiny menu, tiny place, good food. We had pork noodles and fried chicken burger. Worth a visit!

The ol' kids pick up bugs at nursery thing is a bit relentless eh 😱

Such a throwback to The West Wing listening to Brothers in Arms. 🎶

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Out at Parkrun with Jack in the running buggy for the first time. A good workout on the way up the back of Arthur’s Seat!

Just published my roundup of Scottish technology events for this week. Links include NoCode Scotland, Ladies of Code Glasgow, Python Glasgow and .NET Edinburgh.

LemonJelly “Nice weather for ducks” providing the bathtime anthem this week

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Wee wander in the park 📸

First nursery run today - settling in week for Jack. It’s arrived so fast!

Sunday morning reading: the industrial history of Birmingham. Kicking off with questions around the relationship (or lack of?) between technological change and urbanisation in the area 📚

8km run around a similar St Albans route today, this time with a short detour for a self portrait with a Roman mosaic.