View from the Potting Shed

Ducks by the Kinnessburn in St Andrews, which I pass each day on my walk to work.
Journey to work
I can hardly believe that it has now been three weeks since I started work at the University of St Andrews. I’ve deliberately not posted much about work on my blog as I’ve been settling in […]

The Church of the Good Shepherd, Murrayfield, Edinburgh. Where I had my leaving service on Sunday.
The last few days have been very special and enjoyable.
Sunday
On Sunday Jane and I woke up in Selkirk (which is fine because that’s also where we fell asleep) and drove my Mum up to Edinburgh, to the Church of […]

The Choice exhibition at the RSA, Edinburgh. Photograph by John Amoore, December 2005.
One of the lovely things about getting a new job is the congratulations cards that people have sent. One of my favourites is this one that my friends John and Kathleen sent me. The photograph was taken by John and shows […]

View looking down George Street, Cellardyke. Toft Terrace is the lane leading off to the right.
What an incredible couple of weeks these have been, filled with friends (Steve and Cath, Steve and Lorna, Peter, Rich and Andrew), the amazing news about a new job — I promise I’ll shut up about it soon, but […]

View of the Royal and Ancient town of St Andrews, taken from the pier.
Start date
Having spoken on the telephone this morning with the Unit Director of Business Improvements at the University of St Andrews, I now have a start date for my new job: Monday 1 May 2006.
I would have wanted to start much sooner […]

So, today I got up early, finished my interview presentation, drove to St Andrews, had an interview, drove as far as Thornton and took a telephone call offering me the job. Of course, I accepted.
Check me out with my 1337 5ki11z! More about this later. I’m still a little in shock! […]

Jane and I got back from London last night, to discover amongst the mail on the doormat a letter from the University of St Andrews inviting me to an interview. On Wednesday. That’s right: this Wednesday; the day after tomorrow!
The interview is for the post of Assistant Information Architect/Web Manager, which would be such […]