Margot's Blog

Before I decided to move there, I had only been to York once. The occasion was a small scientific conference: All at Sea . It featured ...

Since I'd come to York I'd seen my house, the university, South Wales , Liverpool , and Amsterdam .It was time to see some of York! ...

A second bedroom cannot fulfill its full potential without a bed. And I didn’t have one. Not for the second bedroom, that is; the first of c...

East End boys, and West End girls... the Pet Shop Boys made it sound relevant , but I had no idea what these geographic indications conjur...

After the first weekend I was quite proud of my achievements on the packing front. Almost all boxes had been emptied, and almost all furnitu...

You can't always judge for yourself. There is not enough time. And when you leave it to other people to judge something, then why not th...

My very first trip with the YCC made it clear: I needed a new lamp. I used 16 batteries on that trip, and if it would have taken any longer...