What a week

I cannot believe where the time has gone. Tomorrow we all fly out to NZ. The house is in a state of hyper-excitement, with bags being packed, people trying to remember things that are often forgotten (like taking library books back!) and me saying nothing much more than "we're going swimming with dolphins"!

So this week I have been quite busy. I went on my first solo site meeting on Thursday about some overhead line being laid underground through a part of the Forest. It was good to be out on my own, and to have something to say, but I feel my boss made a big deal about it, saying I must get out on my own at some stage. I don't know what all the fuss is about, it's nothing amazing!

Then that evening I met up with Caroline for the last time before she goes back on her ship. We had a nice long chat over good food, and have made plans for 8 months in advance when she gets back.

Then last night I went out with Hayley, James and Catherine to a few bars which was really nice. We chatted for ages as we hadn't seen each other for a while. The sad thing is I get back the day before Hayley goes to Finland, so we won't be able to see each other until mid-August.

So that's what's happened in the last week and you probably won't hear from me for ages (I don't think we'll have time for internet access) so bye for now!

2 WEEKS TO GO!

Yes, the time is drawing ever nearer, and my excitement can hardly be contained!

Anyway, work continues apace. The Springwatch event on the Common was great fun, with a really nice atmosphere. Apart from the odd question (how can I get a toad for our garden?) it just consisted of handing out leaflets.

This weekend has just flown by - Saturday was a scorcher, and I went to Portsmouth to meet Hannah and Bonnie from PGL, which was really nice, though by the time we got to the beach I had to head back to the station!

Yesterday Mum and I went to Avon Heath Country Park, where we sweatily-trudged our way around the park, seeing buzzards, dragonflies (including the gold-ringed dragonfly, spectacular!) and a slowworm getting eaten alive by ants - nice. After a slight wrong turn (adding an hour to our journey, and along a route contrary to my suggestions - parents, honestly!) we finally made it back to the carpark, completely knackered.

Another week gone by

We at English Nature were quite lucky in that we had an additional day off on Tuesday for the Queen's birthday, or something like that. So my week was very short, and consisted of very little time doing casework in the office. I had a meeting looking at a landslip that had closed a road (because half of the road had fallen down the slope) and another the following morning about a footbridge, so it was quite a varied week.

Last night after work we all went to Rachel's house for food and a good chat. It was really nice to meet loads of new people and get to know some of the ones in the office a bit more.

And tomorrow I am going to be on the EN stall at the Springwatch event on Southampton Common, so come along and get your free leaflets!