Weeknotes: 2026-W27

29th June - 5th July It's light at 5am, the memory of last night's thunderstorm still lingers in an overcast sky and fat wet raindrops falling from leaves to the ground with a slow. rhythmic. slap. The birds are clearing their throats to begin the dawn chorus. The air smells wet. On the walk down the dirt track around the bog, I see a clump of tall nettles completely covered in furry black caterpillars climbing over each other. Eventually they'll become tortoiseshell butterflies, dancing over the long grass that rings the wetlands. A magpie, clearly displeased by my intrusion, barks a loud chakka-chakka that reverberates around the fields like a gunshot. Picked up a couple of books at the charity shop that have been on my To Read list for a while. Not entirely sure how I haven't read "Eragon" before! Midweek trip to the People's History Museum for a team away day. Laptops off, OOO's on, and exercises to help us plan better ways of working. These things can be kind of lame, sorry not…