My son went as Hiccup from How To Train Your Dragon. I think it came out really well and I hope he wears it again next year for Book Week. Well that made me pretty happy! .

Two blokes, too many pubs. It seems from my stats that there are a few of you who still pop onto the site regularly. As you can see I no longer post here. I do still write stuff elsewhere. This will be the last post at this site. After the experience of Andrew.

Friday, November 15, 2013. So, three weeks later, here is my race report. But I have a hard time slowing down once my body has set its .

Navigating the seas of media, technology and journalism. Site which unlike this site will be updated more than, say, twice a year. New start, new beginning. Or on patricksmithjournalist at gmail dot com.

Although my week has been a bit fraught with a visit to the dentist and the removal of a wisdom tooth, there have been some lovely moments. The baby starlings are making a lot of noise in their nest in the eaves as their parents fly back and forth with food. The plants are growing strongly and many are flowering now. The willow has lots of leaves too.