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    47 days and counting…

    Hallowe’en and Bonfire Night are out of the way, and since this means we can now legitimately start looking forward to Christmas I have today celebrated, by getting started on the first of many mince pies and organising my appointment times over the festive period – anyone who was planning a visit, do read on! I have also started the…

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    i’m only sleeping…

    Well having (naively, perhaps) anticipated some peace and quiet prior to my Glasgow and Edinburgh visits, I have been somewhat caught on the hop this week and a very busy time has been had; the combination of the end of school holidays and the end of the month payday is a powerful one indeed, it seems!  Encounters have ranged from…

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    it’s that time again…

    A briefish interlude, since I am currently buried alive under holiday packing; huge comfortable knickers, undemanding paperbacks and most excitingly of all, I will be work phone free and computerless until my return next Tuesday. I will still have my trusty BlackBerry and be checking emails daily, but I aim to be gracefully persona non grata in every meaningful way…