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Now that I knew how I was going to start my trip I needed to think about how to fill the remaining two months. When requesting the break I had told my boss that I wanted to “broaden my horizons” and do something worthwhile, and I figured one way to achieve that was by doing someContinue reading “#5 Where to next (part 1)?”

I have a friend at work – Fiona – who I catch up with regularly, she enjoys walking and spends a lot of her spare time looking after a gypsy horse she rescued. On my return from Italy we had met up in London because I had managed to get a ticket to see Levison WoodContinue reading “#4 The first decision”

After starting my course with enthusiasm and passing the face to face module, progress on the 100 hour online module all but stopped for a few months as I had a busy time at work putting together a one-day conference. The conference day (in May 2016) coincided with a trip to Italy that had beenContinue reading “#3 The Italian Riviera prompts an idea”

So it’s all very well being inspired, but how could I make it happen? My mind was buzzing with ideas but the first hurdle would be to convince my boss to allow me to have the time off! I work in higher education and Academics are allowed a sabbatical so it stood to reason thatContinue reading “#2 Advice from a friend”

I’m snuggled up with a book late one January night in 2016, plumped pillows at my back, hot water bottle at my feet, hearing the wind whistling through the tiles on my roof and the rain lashing the bedroom window. In body I’m at home in the middle of a winter’s storm in England, butContinue reading “#1 Inspiration: a date with Levison Wood …”