I have to head home tomorrow so rather than an early start on the dissertation I headed out for a walk along the South West Coast Path and an outdoor breakfast.
It was sunny but cold – the car was frozen. It is on mornings like this that the Ford Max button to defrost everything is really useful.
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I have moved into my new space today – there is still some work to be done to finish it but is is perfectly useable. Michael has done an excellent job.
I now have somewhere to retreat to to complete my dissertation now that the University Library remains closed to me here in Lincoln. (Photos here and here of the views from Lincoln University library.)
For security only the seat, kettle, offices odds and ends and heaters remain in the shed overnight – the rest of the hi-tech stuff is my portable office so that goes.
Future plans for the “shed” include:
• Finish the decorating and hang the curtains.
• At the moment I am using the house Wi-fi. I want to get Octagon Technology to install a secure Wi-fi router/access point and VPN. As part of the build I had the electrician run a network cable at the same time he installed the power.
• We are going to install some off-grid 12v solar power.
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Back to Washington today for Jeremy and a walk along the River Wear whilst waiting for him.
River Wear – Lambton Park Read More »
I had an early start today – which gave me a chance to go for a walk before the day got too hot. This was the view I had with my fresh coffee and brioche. If McDonalds had been open I would probably have spent my money there and then carried on working from there until the car parking ran out. My coffee is as good as theirs and this view is much better.
I have an unlimited data plan on my phone, which I share to my iPad when working this way.
I was using the iPhone 5 as a calculator – the photo was taken on my iPhone Xs.
(Octagon recently put a new battery in my old (redundant) iPhone 5. Now it makes a great music and audiobook player when I am walking, saving the battery on my iPhone Xs and AirPods.)
If you would like more information on working from anywhere or have a smartphone that needs a new battery or screen drop Kamila at Octagon a message via their website.
The meeting this afternoon was cancelled so I took the opportunity to at last walk further than just round the village.
I bought this stove back in January but have not had an opportunity to use it. I keep it in a pack in the boot of the car, with the Sierra cup, some water and coffee, for days like today when I had not planned for a brew stop.
It worked OK but there were a lot of flames and it left more residue in the stove than I expected. But it was compact, easy to carry with three pots of fuel and a wind shield packed inside it and it boiled about 300ml of water on one fuel portion (in windy conditions). As a stand-by stove with well packed fuel for long term storage it is just what I was looking for.
