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One-way ticket
I bought a one-way ticket this morning for an airplane seat from Scotland to the Czech Republic. I bought a one-way ticket, rather than a return, because I have no roots of any sort left in the UK....
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Anticipation of saying goodbye
As I spend the next few weeks wrapping up my affairs in the UK and finalising requirements of training and teaching in Prague, I have a keen anticipation of saying goodbye altogether at the start of...
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Killing time at Chamber Street Museum
I spent a bit of time at Chamber Street Museum today and took this photograph: Killing TIme I’m trying to find ways of killing time – hopefully before it fells me – in this four-week run-up to leaving...
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ESL lesson from the EU referendum
One of my last civic duties before leaving Britain is to vote in the EU referendum on 23rd June. It’s currently neck and neck in opinion polls as to what outcome the plebiscite will deliver – with...
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Rainy Edinburgh
Another June, and so another period of rainy Edinburgh. A wet High Street and Royal Mile yesterday in Edinburgh. According to my tour driver friend, people come from across the world to experience...
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Top 10 things I’ll miss about Edinburgh
There are many aspects of life and culture I’ll miss about Edinburgh once I flee to economic exile in the Czech Republic. Top 10 of what I’ll miss (in no particular order): Plain loaf. This bread has...
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A misty Calton Hill
A misty Calton Hill this afternoon as Edinburgh sits under a cloud, possibly a sea har …
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Goodbye to all of that
It’s time to say “goodbye to all of that” when one’s life takes a significant turn. Sale of my Sheffield flat is close to completion – fingers crossed! – and there remains only a trickle of...
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One long journey
Life is one long journey, one where uncertainty visits often. I came back to my home town of Edinburgh at the end of April. The intention was to sell my flat in Sheffield and find ways of living and...
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