Last year, I went to the Movement Disorders conference in Madrid, to present my PhD work as a poster. This year I took a poster to the same conference which was being held in Copenhagen, and I took Nicholas with me! Sunday We set off for the train station with a little trepidation, as there … More A Copenhagen Caper
Six years ago, Nicholas and I got married. The day after the wedding we set off on honeymoon, and Nicholas finally told me the surprise holiday he had in store: we would take the train north, then an overnight ferry, and then arrive at our destination of the Shetland Islands. We had an absolutely gorgeous … More Returning to Shetland
A couple of weeks ago I went to the International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases in Gothenburg, Sweden. I was presenting a poster on my Parkinson’s research. This was my third conference, my second abroad, but the first that I was attending on my own (without colleagues). It was also my first time going … More My First Solo Conference
A few months ago, Nicholas and I made the (somewhat risky) decision to book an October camping trip. “We’re hardy,” we thought, “we can pack jumpers!” Besides, we were planning on going to Cornwall – not exactly a chilly clime. Living near Plymouth, we are outrageously close to Cornwall and yet rarely set foot over … More Camping in Cornwall
Last month an old schoolfriend of mine came to stay with us. Without planning it, we ended up having a weekend full of arts and crafts! On the Saturday, we attended the Bovey Tracey craft festival (which Nicholas and I had been to the year before). We had a gorgeous time – looking round the … More A Crafty Weekend
I recently gave my first talk at a conference. This was only a couple of weeks after I had attended my first conference and presented my first poster. Yet somehow here I was, giving a half-hour talk to a room full of neurologists on “AI in Neurology”. It wasn’t quite as intimidating as it might … More A Talk at the Beach
A couple of weeks ago I went to my first academic conference, which was in Harrogate (see previous blog post). I was due to have a lot of free time, so before I went to Yorkshire I hatched a grand plan… The morning after I had presented my poster at the conference, I got a … More Finding Anne Lister
Do you remember last weekend, when we had a glorious (and brief) March summer? Well, luckily enough we had booked a weekend away in Cardiff, to visit some old university friends and their baby. It was a fantastic opportunity to take my new camera for a spin. First at the castle: Then at Bute Park, … More A Weekend in Cardiff
I recently entered a competition to win a couple of tickets for GWR’s Night Riviera: a sleeper train. Unsurprisingly I didn’t win. But I was proud of my entry, so I thought I’d post it here! The task was to complete the sentence “My ideal romantic journey would be…”. I took certain liberties with the … More A Poem
My husband and I love the BBC programme The Repair Shop. He’s particularly interested in it because he does a lot of woodwork and other crafting in his workshop – but I’ve picked up some tips and ideas too, which I ended up applying to a Christmas present this year. In early October, we went … More A Little Restoration
Cryptic Meg 