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Friday 19 May 2023 I fixed something. I actually looked on YouTube and found a way to fix something. And it worked. And I’m almost embarrassed by how pleased with myself I am. It’s nothing that required great effort, but it’s something that has been annoying me for – well, I’ve just realised it was […]

Thursday 18 May 2023 Yesterday afternoon, I walked straight up the garden and up the hillside, over the forestry track and up into the edge of woodland and sat on a tree stump near our water source. I felt like I was guarding the spring, but it’s just that it’s a really lovely spot. I

Wednesday 17 May 2023 The drive to Scottish Borders from Lewisham wasn’t too bad yesterday, in large part because I left just after 05:30 and I don’t think I had to stop for any lights or roundabouts (‘just’ a roadworks hold-up on the A1) until I parked up at Wetherby Services at around 09:15. I

Sunday 14 May 2023 I’m still in London. I’ve had a great few days and more revelations and altered perspectives than I could have imagined. I got back to Lewisham on Tuesday and have so far seen my mum and my friends Nana, Rachael, Duncan, Sarah, Catherine and Ciaran, all on a one-on-one basis –

Wednesday 10 May 2023 I drove from Scottish Borders to Lewisham yesterday, the first time driving on my own. It’s a lot easier and less tiring being able to share the driving, but it was kind of okay. I left at 06:20, stopped for about half an hour, was delayed by maybe twenty minutes with

Bank Holiday Monday 8 May 2023 At some point this afternoon the water in our main outdoor tank from the spring was just below the outlet pipe, meaning no water going into the house to fill up the water tanks. For a while, the water that was going in was muddy. It has rained pretty