Margot's Blog

I had deserved some fresh air. On Saturday I had worked almost a full day. The evening was for the shameless debauchery with the assorted hu...

The first thing that happened after the Norway fieldwork was that Federico, one of our new lecturers, invited me over for an evening of gin ...

Dutch politics have their quirks. It wouldn't surprise me if we're the laughing stock of Europe. And we've done it again. In Jun...

This week we would do a small cave. And we were already on our way when we realised how small it would be! Half of it requires a rope or a l...

Think of someone who spends their working life bent over very small objects! Who rummages around in very small containers. Whose eyes are fo...

“I didn’t know you ran!” “That’s because I didn’t!” The desire to get some exercise seems to overcome more people. Last Friday I had lunch w...

After rescue training I noticed my phone wasn't in my trouser pocket anymore. Nothing new; it tends to slide out and end up in my bag or...