Margot's Blog
27 April 2024
Gate repair
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The gate to my garden had felt a bit wobbly for a while. I had been eying up the hinges, but I saw nothing out of the ordinary there. Then o...
26 April 2024
Almost birthday with Kate
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I had only seen her the week before , after her long absence, but the weekend after that would be Kate’s birthday. I enquired if she was up ...
25 April 2024
Dissertation presentations
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I was ready for the presentations! I had a box in the back of my car with all the paperwork that was needed. All the files that anyone would...
24 April 2024
Revenge by the cat
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The night before the dissertation presentations would start, the cat had a mouse. I could tell from her excited meowing. It is not uncommon ...
23 April 2024
Katrien’s inaugural lecture
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During the tenure of our previous VC, inaugural lectures weren't a thing. This VC is clearly in favour of them. And the first people to ...
Preparing the dissertation presentations in record time
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The apotheosis of the dissertation module is always difficult to organise. There are normally only some two weeks of teaching after the East...
22 April 2024
Badly organised day in the field
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We had one more field day in the diary in our " geology of Anglesey " module. It's a day that often clashes with the dissertat...
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