There’s a general superstition in the emergency services over the use of a certain q-word. Indeed, both Lynfa and Sean are known for being “responsible” for a callout having used the said word immediately prior to the pagers going off. Lynfa in particular seems to be the team jinx for callouts. But it’s been…well…y’know…recently. Nothing […]
Friday turned out to be an interesting day around here. When I got up there was a dusting of fresh snow on the ground. As I drove into work, I was hearing reports of further snow falls but when I got to Cardiff, there wasn’t a huge amount on the ground. We got to work […]
…the light that we looked at tonight started its journey across the Universe. For the first time since I got to Sean’s we had a clear sky tonight, so Sean and I threw a few extra layers of clothes on and started assembling my telescope. Its a cracking good telescope – a 6″ reflector with […]
Last night was our usual training night and on the agenda was river crossings – parhaps a particularly apt session considering our recent weather. We were gathered outside in warm gear going through the steps to take when crossing a river when the group next to us abandoned their practice and shouted at us to […]
Ok, so I don’t do memes. Ever. Not really. But I kinda like this one, so I figured I’d better. If you comment on this thread… 1) I shall respond with something random I like about you. 2) I shall tell you what song, movie or book reminds me of you. 3) I shall name […]
As I was on my way into work this morning, the pager went off. An uncommon call – this was an area search call – I can only remember two of these, the area call system is usually used to alert us of a casualty with a known location, however it can be used in […]