Well, word on the street is that the link is dropping out tomorrow. It will probably be down for ~2 weeks...maybe more, but likely not less. That means no phone calls, and no internet access AT ALL. So, for those of you that I regularly correspond to....I'm still here, just silent. I'll get on as soon as the link is back up to let you all know I'm safe and sound :)
It's too bad too, because the sun comes up this weekend and I'm sure that I'll get some cool pictures of it.
Miss you all....and hope the real world doesn't vanish in the next dozen days!!
Graham
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Coms Issue
Hey everyone,
This seemed like the best place to put out the bulletin. There is an issue with the Microwave relay down to Eureka, and there is a pretty good chance that we're going to lose Coms (Internet and Phones) in the next 72 hours. So, don't fret, I'm still here...I just can't talk to you. I'll send out daily messages for the next few days to Dad and Adriana (to cover family and friends) as long as I can, but when they stop you'll know that we're cut off up here. I'll put up another post either when the link comes back up, or I've heard that it's resolved.
And don't fret Mom, we still have Satellite phones in case of an emergency, it'll just be the public Coms that go down.
Isolated-ly yours,
Graham
This seemed like the best place to put out the bulletin. There is an issue with the Microwave relay down to Eureka, and there is a pretty good chance that we're going to lose Coms (Internet and Phones) in the next 72 hours. So, don't fret, I'm still here...I just can't talk to you. I'll send out daily messages for the next few days to Dad and Adriana (to cover family and friends) as long as I can, but when they stop you'll know that we're cut off up here. I'll put up another post either when the link comes back up, or I've heard that it's resolved.
And don't fret Mom, we still have Satellite phones in case of an emergency, it'll just be the public Coms that go down.
Isolated-ly yours,
Graham
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Work (finally)
Well, I guess that I've put this off about as long as humanly possible....so it's time for me to talk about the actual work that I do up here from 9 - 5 :) I'll probably spread this out over 3 weekends, with this weekend being an overview, and the next two talking about flasking and filter changes, respectively.
To begin with, the day is more like 8 - 4. As I've said, breakfast is at 7, so we roll into work when
we finish eating and start the day then...it's pretty relaxed. The pictures below are of our office that is part of the main station complex. It's one of the bigger ones on Station and, as you can see, we have more luxuries that you'd think :) Two comfy chairs, couch, 42" TV, surround sound, aquarium...almost makes you forget you're at work at 82.5°N! The fish are my responsibility, and so far they've survived...they can go for about a week without food, so there's not much that 
I can screw up :P Days spent in this office are Tuesday and Thursday, when miscellaneous things such as preparing shipping and cleaning are done. Lots of filters and flasks come up from down South, and when we finish with them, we have to send them right back. Some filters even need to remain frozen, and have to be escorted back down South in coolers with an Operator!
As you saw on the maps that I posted earlier, the lab that we travel to Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays is located a good 7km South-South West of the main station. The road doesn't have winter maintenance, so 'technically' it is snow covered. But, up here the snow is so fine (as a result of the cold) and the wind is so strong that the drifts are compressed into near concrete strength. There are large drifts in some areas though, which is why the truck that we use has tracks on it in the winter. If you look closely to the right of the front-right track in the picture, you'll see the steering assembly dangling down...I SWEAR, Not My Fault!! :P
The lab itself is relatively small, although this picture makes it look smaller still, due to the fact
that I'm actually standing on the ground and the 12' drift beside me is blocking your view. This is where all the equipment is stored, which I'll get pictures of for next week. We have to walk in about 650m from where we park the truck, to avoid contamination of the air samples. Lugging a sled full of equipment behind you it's a pretty good workout!
Alright, I think that's enough about my general work environment. Post up any questions that you want me to answer in a mid-week post. I'll talk about the specific tasks that I have next weekend.
Miss you all, safe trip home Age,
Graham
To begin with, the day is more like 8 - 4. As I've said, breakfast is at 7, so we roll into work when
we finish eating and start the day then...it's pretty relaxed. The pictures below are of our office that is part of the main station complex. It's one of the bigger ones on Station and, as you can see, we have more luxuries that you'd think :) Two comfy chairs, couch, 42" TV, surround sound, aquarium...almost makes you forget you're at work at 82.5°N! The fish are my responsibility, and so far they've survived...they can go for about a week without food, so there's not much that 
I can screw up :P Days spent in this office are Tuesday and Thursday, when miscellaneous things such as preparing shipping and cleaning are done. Lots of filters and flasks come up from down South, and when we finish with them, we have to send them right back. Some filters even need to remain frozen, and have to be escorted back down South in coolers with an Operator!
As you saw on the maps that I posted earlier, the lab that we travel to Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays is located a good 7km South-South West of the main station. The road doesn't have winter maintenance, so 'technically' it is snow covered. But, up here the snow is so fine (as a result of the cold) and the wind is so strong that the drifts are compressed into near concrete strength. There are large drifts in some areas though, which is why the truck that we use has tracks on it in the winter. If you look closely to the right of the front-right track in the picture, you'll see the steering assembly dangling down...I SWEAR, Not My Fault!! :P
The lab itself is relatively small, although this picture makes it look smaller still, due to the fact
that I'm actually standing on the ground and the 12' drift beside me is blocking your view. This is where all the equipment is stored, which I'll get pictures of for next week. We have to walk in about 650m from where we park the truck, to avoid contamination of the air samples. Lugging a sled full of equipment behind you it's a pretty good workout!Alright, I think that's enough about my general work environment. Post up any questions that you want me to answer in a mid-week post. I'll talk about the specific tasks that I have next weekend.
Miss you all, safe trip home Age,
Graham
Friday, February 20, 2009
I broke it :(
Good news, bad news.
Good news: It's Friday, time for great meals, TGIF and sleeping in.
Bad news: I broke the truck :(
If you enlarge (click) the image above, you can make out our tracked truck being towed back to the garage by a BV. Now, let's make it clear right off the bat that I didn't INTENTIONALLY break the truck, and I wasn't reckless. I turned. Yes, I know turning is pretty dangerous, but I figured it was safe, seeing as how trucks are meant to do that and all ;P Just took a nice gentle turn and we heard a big pop. We thought that we'd run over one of the metal flags marking the edge of the road, but upon backing up I realized that I had no control of the tracks. Hop out, and it's quite obvious what the problem is. I hope that I don't go over anyone's head here with technical mechanical terms.....but we broke the steering thingy :)
So, our options to get up to the lab now are the other truck, that has broken power steering and can't turn either...or snowmobiles. Snowmobiles might be fun for the first time or two, but 7km in -50°C windchill might lose its novelty pretty quickly.
Took my final picture of the horizon before the sun comes up next weekend. It's SO bright out right now. When I'm out doing my flasking I don't need a flashlight any more to write my notes!
Steering deficiently yours,
Graham
Good news: It's Friday, time for great meals, TGIF and sleeping in.
Bad news: I broke the truck :(
If you enlarge (click) the image above, you can make out our tracked truck being towed back to the garage by a BV. Now, let's make it clear right off the bat that I didn't INTENTIONALLY break the truck, and I wasn't reckless. I turned. Yes, I know turning is pretty dangerous, but I figured it was safe, seeing as how trucks are meant to do that and all ;P Just took a nice gentle turn and we heard a big pop. We thought that we'd run over one of the metal flags marking the edge of the road, but upon backing up I realized that I had no control of the tracks. Hop out, and it's quite obvious what the problem is. I hope that I don't go over anyone's head here with technical mechanical terms.....but we broke the steering thingy :)So, our options to get up to the lab now are the other truck, that has broken power steering and can't turn either...or snowmobiles. Snowmobiles might be fun for the first time or two, but 7km in -50°C windchill might lose its novelty pretty quickly.
Took my final picture of the horizon before the sun comes up next weekend. It's SO bright out right now. When I'm out doing my flasking I don't need a flashlight any more to write my notes!Steering deficiently yours,
Graham
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
So cool!!
I don't know where this ranks in terms of my current or future accomplishments and endeavors, but I think it is amazing. At 6:56pm, I, Graham Pope, was likely the most northerly person on Planet Earth. How cool is that?!? We went on a 2 hour hike down the end of the runway (most northern land except for one little peninsula to the NW of us)... and yes, this is still on the same day I was talking about the -40 temperatures. Sure, there are flights and such going over the north pole, but unless there is some expedition to the Pole currently going on, Me, out of 6.7 billion people, I stood out. That's unreal.
Oh, and while I was that completely unique and special human being.....I made a snow angel :D
Graham
Oh, and while I was that completely unique and special human being.....I made a snow angel :D
Graham
Trackers, anyone?
Hey everyone. Seems like all I do on this blog is ask YOU questions :) Just got back from a quick trip to the lab and took some pictures of a track that I hadn't seen before. Wolf, hare and fox are pretty easy to distinguish, but these ones threw Larry and I off.
They're only about an inch and a half wide, and meander pretty randomly, so we're thinking rodent of some sort. I picked lemming, Larry says that there are moles up here, and I have another opinion from James that it may be a weasel.
It was also the coldest day that I've been outside so far: -42.1°C. And no Mom, those are not my running shoes, those are my hiking boots, which are quiet toasty at -30...and compared to the arctic boots, you can actually walk in them!
Big post about work this weekend,
Graham
They're only about an inch and a half wide, and meander pretty randomly, so we're thinking rodent of some sort. I picked lemming, Larry says that there are moles up here, and I have another opinion from James that it may be a weasel.It was also the coldest day that I've been outside so far: -42.1°C. And no Mom, those are not my running shoes, those are my hiking boots, which are quiet toasty at -30...and compared to the arctic boots, you can actually walk in them!
Big post about work this weekend,
Graham
Saturday, February 14, 2009
MORE Wildlife!
***UPDATE*** OHH, I forgot to ask this when I posted that most recent picture of the sun coming up. You can see a very bright star/planet just to the left of centre of the image (you might need to look at the higher resolution version). Do I have any knowledgeable astronomy followers that could identify it? The image was taken looking almost directly South at 11am from 82.5°N. Leave a comment!
Today I went on my first recreational walk of my tour. Sure, I'm outside quite a bit during the week, but this was just a walk for walking sake. Using the NTDB map that I put up last post, we walked from Station directly South-West to Upper Dumbell Lake, where we draw our water from. The picture above shows the pump house and a section of the piping leading up to Station.
While we were down at the pump house, I saw my second bunny!! I started taking pictures from really far away, because I didn't want him to bolt, but I inched my way closer and closer until I was within 5' of him. The picture doesn't let you appreciate how big they are, but trust me, this was one big bunny.
Finally, when we got back to Station, the wolves were out and about. I was able to get a bunch of great shots, as well as one of myself and the wolves, to give some perspective of size. Mom: Before you start yelling at me for being unsafe, there are 5 other people just out of frame with sticks. The wolves wouldn't have been allowed any closer than that while I was looking at the camera.
I've got lots more pictures for when I get back, but if anyone would like a higher resolution version of any of these, just let me know and I'll upload it to you.
Arctic-ly yours,
Graham
Today I went on my first recreational walk of my tour. Sure, I'm outside quite a bit during the week, but this was just a walk for walking sake. Using the NTDB map that I put up last post, we walked from Station directly South-West to Upper Dumbell Lake, where we draw our water from. The picture above shows the pump house and a section of the piping leading up to Station.While we were down at the pump house, I saw my second bunny!! I started taking pictures from really far away, because I didn't want him to bolt, but I inched my way closer and closer until I was within 5' of him. The picture doesn't let you appreciate how big they are, but trust me, this was one big bunny.
Finally, when we got back to Station, the wolves were out and about. I was able to get a bunch of great shots, as well as one of myself and the wolves, to give some perspective of size. Mom: Before you start yelling at me for being unsafe, there are 5 other people just out of frame with sticks. The wolves wouldn't have been allowed any closer than that while I was looking at the camera.
I've got lots more pictures for when I get back, but if anyone would like a higher resolution version of any of these, just let me know and I'll upload it to you.Arctic-ly yours,
Graham
Friday, February 13, 2009
Curious Wolves
Damn I wish I'd had a camera.
So, today we brought a compressed gas cylinder back from the lab. We had to take it from our building to shipping, so we had tied a looped rope through the valve and then were just dragging it through the snow. Now, the wolves are usually pretty docile and aloof when people are around. They might turn their heads to look at you, and if you were going to walk into them they'd move, but one thing that they REALLY are is curious. They see this guy trudging along with a 5' metal tube behind him, and that warrants investigation.
First one wolf comes over to check things out. I stamp my feet a bit to scare him away from me, so he circles around to see the cylinder trailing behind me. Sniffing it and nipping it a little, he thinks it's a great game. Another joined him, then another. By the time I reached shipping I had 9 wolves trailing me, each probably 2 - 4" taller at the shoulder then a Labrador Retriever (sorry, most familiar dog to make the comparison to). It was a very funny spectacle. Every time the cylinder went over a bump, it would bang down with a "PING" sound and all the wolves would jump back...then rush up again to keep smelling. I think that it was the most fun they had all day :)
I promise, my camera will be on me from now on! I hate that I missed that picture.
**Oh, and in response to Katie's inquiry about the base location, I took the pictures below. The first one is of an NTDB map of the base. It's not great, because it's a glossy print, but the base is visible in the centre. The Arctic Ocean to the North and Dumbell Bay to the East. The map below is of higher quality (click it to see a large version) and although it's oriented with North to the ENE, you can see that we are very close to the Arctic Oean and other frozen water bodies. In fact, our runway juts out on a little spit of land into the water :) For those interested (and Hell, if you've read my blog this long, you MUST be interested, or just incredibly bored :P) the ice never truly breaks up here. In the summer, strong winds from the South 'may' push the ice offshore and make an area of open water, but it eventually comes back when the wind dies down.
Graham
So, today we brought a compressed gas cylinder back from the lab. We had to take it from our building to shipping, so we had tied a looped rope through the valve and then were just dragging it through the snow. Now, the wolves are usually pretty docile and aloof when people are around. They might turn their heads to look at you, and if you were going to walk into them they'd move, but one thing that they REALLY are is curious. They see this guy trudging along with a 5' metal tube behind him, and that warrants investigation.
First one wolf comes over to check things out. I stamp my feet a bit to scare him away from me, so he circles around to see the cylinder trailing behind me. Sniffing it and nipping it a little, he thinks it's a great game. Another joined him, then another. By the time I reached shipping I had 9 wolves trailing me, each probably 2 - 4" taller at the shoulder then a Labrador Retriever (sorry, most familiar dog to make the comparison to). It was a very funny spectacle. Every time the cylinder went over a bump, it would bang down with a "PING" sound and all the wolves would jump back...then rush up again to keep smelling. I think that it was the most fun they had all day :)
I promise, my camera will be on me from now on! I hate that I missed that picture.
**Oh, and in response to Katie's inquiry about the base location, I took the pictures below. The first one is of an NTDB map of the base. It's not great, because it's a glossy print, but the base is visible in the centre. The Arctic Ocean to the North and Dumbell Bay to the East. The map below is of higher quality (click it to see a large version) and although it's oriented with North to the ENE, you can see that we are very close to the Arctic Oean and other frozen water bodies. In fact, our runway juts out on a little spit of land into the water :) For those interested (and Hell, if you've read my blog this long, you MUST be interested, or just incredibly bored :P) the ice never truly breaks up here. In the summer, strong winds from the South 'may' push the ice offshore and make an area of open water, but it eventually comes back when the wind dies down.
Graham Wednesday, February 11, 2009
It's Coming Back v2.0
Ok, even YOU Dad can't deny that there is definite twilight going on up here now. Took this today at 11:10am from the top of the lab. I would have rather not had the glow from the building in the shot, but I needed the stability of the railing to capture a half-decent image with the slow shutter speed on my "far from high-end" camera. It's getting noticeably brighter every day, and when the sun crests the horizon late February we apparently gain 30 minutes A DAY of sunlight until it's 24 hour daylight.
I played in the pool tournament for the first time tonight. Actually surprised myself and won 2 games and finished 4th. A little more practice is required to beat the big guns with their own cues though :)
This post is in the vein of my "short but sweet" more frequent updates that I'll be switching to in the coming weeks. Again, if you want to be notified about a post going up with a single e-mail, drop me a line at gpope3*@*gmail.com (remove the stars).
You guys sure are warm down there!!
Graham
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Food in Alert
***Just a note. As I'll be going to a more irregular update schedule, I'm thinking that I can make a mailing list to send out a quick e-mail whenever a new post goes up. If you want to get this, just send me an e-mail and I'll add you to the list. I know that I hate checking a site every day for an update that I know is coming 'eventually'***
So many of you have asked about the food situation up here that I thought I'd do a post dedicated to it. I'll talk about mealtimes, facilities and the food itself.
All meals are on a schedule, with breakfast from 0700 - 0800, lunch from 1130 - 1230 and supper from 1700 - 1800. As I don't usually eat before 7:30 back home, much less 6, going to dinner at 5 was a big change for me. I've gotten used to it now, but I can't wait to get home and have some nice late dinners where I'm good and hungry (as everyone knows, food tastes better on an empty stomach :P).
As people close to me know, I like my sleep, and I was worried that I'd be in trouble with an early scheduled weekend meal (I can wake up for workdays, but do like to sleep in on the weekends). Fortunately, weekends only have 2 meals a day, a 1030 - 1230 'brunch' and a 1700 - 1800 supper. I may have mentioned this earlier, but weekend days up here are tremendously laid back. The first weekend I was here I was actually kind of nervous, because I didn't see another human being until about 3 in the afternoon! People tend to sleep in, nurse hangovers and watch movies in common rooms. I'm fine with the slow pace, as during the week things tend to come at you pretty quickly.
The food up here is plentiful, varied and FAR above my expectations of any military base, not to mention one located in such an isolated environment. The menu is extremely varied, with only a few days that maintain a common meal. Breakfast's are usually the same, with cooked to order eggs (including omelets), several types of meat (bacon, sausage, ham, etc), pancakes, french toast, oatmeal, potatoes of some kind, as well as a wide variety of cereal, yogurt and fresh fruit. The fruit might have surprised me the most of all the food up here. I never would have thought that fruit of that quality could have made it up here, but now, thinking of the huge journeys that our oranges from Florida or apples from New Zealand make, it doesn't seem to outlandish.
Lunches and dinners are quite different as well, and I haven't had the same thing twice. There is the same assortment of fruit, cheeses and salads (both lettuce and artisan types) as well as every juice imaginable and whole, skim and chocolate milks. Main courses are very good, and there is always enough selection that there is something for everyone. There is always a fish, meat and pasta choice, as well as accompanying rice, potatoes, vegetables and other meal-related things. For example, if pasta is the main dish, there will usually be garlic bread.
The two nights of the week that have set menus are Wednesday (steak) and Friday (alternating between pizza/wings and burgers). Of course there are the alternatives for vegetarians and the like, but the main courses are known. I can't remember everything that I've had up here, but just some examples from this week would be: beef curry with rice and samosas, huge pork roast freshly sliced onto your plate and a "DQ Night" where the kitchen made up everything like Dairy Queen, including making their own Oreo Blizzards complete with hand drawn DQ logos on the side!!
As you can see from the pictures, the dining hall is made up of several large tables, with no arranged seating. People tend to form their own tables, but if the meal is quiet (weekend mornings) people condense themselves down. Everyone knows everyone to some degree.
Well, tonight is going to be Poker for the first time. Hopefully I can get some beginner's luck and use my lack of skill to my advantage against some of the better players. Unpredictability (even to myself :P) can throw off a good player...hopefully. **Update: 2nd last in Poker...but it was fun***
Hope everyone is well 'down there',
Graham
So many of you have asked about the food situation up here that I thought I'd do a post dedicated to it. I'll talk about mealtimes, facilities and the food itself.
All meals are on a schedule, with breakfast from 0700 - 0800, lunch from 1130 - 1230 and supper from 1700 - 1800. As I don't usually eat before 7:30 back home, much less 6, going to dinner at 5 was a big change for me. I've gotten used to it now, but I can't wait to get home and have some nice late dinners where I'm good and hungry (as everyone knows, food tastes better on an empty stomach :P).
As people close to me know, I like my sleep, and I was worried that I'd be in trouble with an early scheduled weekend meal (I can wake up for workdays, but do like to sleep in on the weekends). Fortunately, weekends only have 2 meals a day, a 1030 - 1230 'brunch' and a 1700 - 1800 supper. I may have mentioned this earlier, but weekend days up here are tremendously laid back. The first weekend I was here I was actually kind of nervous, because I didn't see another human being until about 3 in the afternoon! People tend to sleep in, nurse hangovers and watch movies in common rooms. I'm fine with the slow pace, as during the week things tend to come at you pretty quickly.
The food up here is plentiful, varied and FAR above my expectations of any military base, not to mention one located in such an isolated environment. The menu is extremely varied, with only a few days that maintain a common meal. Breakfast's are usually the same, with cooked to order eggs (including omelets), several types of meat (bacon, sausage, ham, etc), pancakes, french toast, oatmeal, potatoes of some kind, as well as a wide variety of cereal, yogurt and fresh fruit. The fruit might have surprised me the most of all the food up here. I never would have thought that fruit of that quality could have made it up here, but now, thinking of the huge journeys that our oranges from Florida or apples from New Zealand make, it doesn't seem to outlandish.
Lunches and dinners are quite different as well, and I haven't had the same thing twice. There is the same assortment of fruit, cheeses and salads (both lettuce and artisan types) as well as every juice imaginable and whole, skim and chocolate milks. Main courses are very good, and there is always enough selection that there is something for everyone. There is always a fish, meat and pasta choice, as well as accompanying rice, potatoes, vegetables and other meal-related things. For example, if pasta is the main dish, there will usually be garlic bread.
The two nights of the week that have set menus are Wednesday (steak) and Friday (alternating between pizza/wings and burgers). Of course there are the alternatives for vegetarians and the like, but the main courses are known. I can't remember everything that I've had up here, but just some examples from this week would be: beef curry with rice and samosas, huge pork roast freshly sliced onto your plate and a "DQ Night" where the kitchen made up everything like Dairy Queen, including making their own Oreo Blizzards complete with hand drawn DQ logos on the side!!
As you can see from the pictures, the dining hall is made up of several large tables, with no arranged seating. People tend to form their own tables, but if the meal is quiet (weekend mornings) people condense themselves down. Everyone knows everyone to some degree.
Well, tonight is going to be Poker for the first time. Hopefully I can get some beginner's luck and use my lack of skill to my advantage against some of the better players. Unpredictability (even to myself :P) can throw off a good player...hopefully. **Update: 2nd last in Poker...but it was fun***
Hope everyone is well 'down there',
Graham
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Are you ready for some football?
I know this is a little late, but I just wanted to give everyone an update on the football game I mentioned in the last post. I was waiting for the picture above (courtesy of Todd). What it shows is dark, snow, a huddle and a wolf, pacing through the background :) It was a warm day (-20°C with no wind) and we'd had the first big snowfall since August (yes, I said August) so there was plenty of padding. After about 5 minutes, the first wolf showed up and sat 50 feet away and watched for a while, I'm sure trying to figure out what the Hell was going on. Eventually another came, and the most that were wandering around was 4. We only had one 'incident' and that was where we threw a ball too long, and the wolf dashed in and tried to take it (I guess 'fetching' is a genetic trait!). About 5 people rushing it waving their arms and screaming (Hey, we were having fun, and the ball was flat enough as it was) changed it's mind about that particular 'pigskin'. I had brought a bottle of water out with me, and after the hour of play, it was frozen :) Could hardly walk the next day. I'm not THAT out of shape, but football in 4 inches of snow with winter boots and arctic kit (20 pounds, including snowpants) made for a good workout.
I got a bunch of questions from both Mom and Aunt Brenda (and Mere...**sigh**), so I'll cover the ones here that I didn't plan on covering in subsequent bigger posts.
Mom: When I first got up here there were 62 people. If I had to guess, I'd say that there were 5 or 6 females. Command-wise, there are a lot more non-military support staff being phased in over time, and I'd say that it's close to 40 or 50% non-military now (running kitchens, cleaning, maintenance, etc.). My stay, of course, is 4 months. Most military postings are either 3 or 6 months (majority are 6). There are some shorter, indeterminate stays, and some longer ones, as is the case with my boss, who works 13 months with a one month leave. Be patient about the other questions. I'm going to do work and food in the coming weekends.
Aunt Brenda: Currently, 70. But it's coming up on "tourist season" where lots of scientists and such come up for short durations and then leave. Population will swell to over a hundred in the coming months. There used to be permanent residents (my bosses position with EC was at one point) but they started to get a little "loco" so not anymore. From return visits, the longest I know of is likely close to 6 or 7 years accumulated, but that's over decades. It's likely longer than that.
Mere: Wood, 4 legged, Yes I spill, no just cheered, no.....and stop patronizing me :P
After this weekend and the next, I'll likely change from one large, weekly update to several smaller, more event based ones. I'm running out of broad topics to cover.
Hope you're all doing well,
Graham