A Cup of Tea with Mr C: A Week in Review #33

“What an abundance of riches this past week to talk about. I was able to get back out into London which I’ll talk about in a little detail but first that opening photo, one of those moments of feeling at one with nature. Just a curious bird when I stopped to catch my breath in Camden on Saturday that decided I didn’t pose a threat and was a little curious what I was doing. In truth, I had stopped to look at image quality on a series of shots I had taken but it caught my eye so I decided to slowly change lenses and try to get a picture of my new avian friend. I won’t be winning any prizes at the wildlife photographer of the year awards but it was fun to try out this form of photography if only for a moment. But back to the challenges of life and its been a relatively sedate past week, preparing for my final five days working in Bracknell and Wokingham. It’s been a short tenure but I’ll shortly be moving once more into the bright lights of the Capital and joining the daily commute as I start in a new location in Central London. It’s been nice to say goodbye having built a positive impression in such a short space of time. When I was first informed about moving out of London I did feel a little disheartened but I’ve tried to adopt a more holistic outlook in life and accept and make the most of these decisions outside my control. There was the natural temptation to kick and scream but ultimately, I feel it’s worked out for the best and I’m looking forward to my new challenge next week. ” Continue reading A Cup of Tea with Mr C: A Week in Review #33

A Cup of Tea with Mr C: A Week in Review #32

“It was wonderful to be out exploring the world again this week, starting with a planned trip to Duxford in Cambridgeshire and finishing with a return visit to the Churchill War Rooms in London over the Bank Holiday Weekend. I sat down on Sunday with my partner, both tired having spent the morning up in Town and enjoying our first meal out together since last year but both experiencing that feeling of our bodies stretching and waking up from a prolonged period of lethargy since last year. You don’t realise how many steps or how far you walk when you go to visit a museum but we’d easily passed the 7k mark when we finally sat down and had an afternoon sleep.” Continue reading A Cup of Tea with Mr C: A Week in Review #32

A Cup of Tea with Mr C: A Week in Review #30

“It’s been a transformative week these past seven days. I had a decision to make at work which has been made that I’ll go into more detail below but suffice it to say, the only constant at the moment is change and I’ll intrigued to see how things progress in the forthcoming weeks. The UK seems to be gradually taking tentative steps to normalcy though the threat of this new variant seems to be growing in certain parts so its with a certain feeling of forlorn resignation you await the inevitable news of delays and restrictions staying in place a little longer. Perhaps they won’t, perhaps society will open up and return to some resemblance of the life before lockdowns, we can only see.” Continue reading A Cup of Tea with Mr C: A Week in Review #30

A Cup of Tea with Mr C: A Week in Review #29

“The week begun with an escape to the country and a visit to Somerset over the Bank Holiday weekend including a walk along the always majestic Cheddar Gorge Cliff Walk. It was a rare chance to visit my parents, pick up some cheese and cider and just spend some time outside of London. That feeling of escapism has passed a little now I am working in Bracknell which affords a morning commute through the serene façade of Windsor Great Park but that sense of leaving the confines of the city behind has been sorely missed in recent months and it was a delight to embrace Glastonbury once more if only for a couple of days.” Continue reading A Cup of Tea with Mr C: A Week in Review #29

Mass Effect: Andromeda – Second Impressions

“My first experience was largely positive, benefiting entirely from the efforts of the team behind the game in bringing it up to an acceptable standard, by the time I strapped on the space boots of Charles Ryder, pioneer and pathfinder it looked and felt like a solid Mass Effect game using the framework and playstyle of the last generation but given a new layer of polish and shine with the hardware available on the current generation. Equally however, I went into the game with next to no expectations or enthusiasm to play it to completion, it felt very much like an exercise in morbid curiosity, how bastardized had they made this beloved franchise of mine to release within a given window, how much damage had been done and would the series survive the ruthless and unforgiving decision makers at EA. ” Continue reading Mass Effect: Andromeda – Second Impressions