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Wilf Wilson
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16th September 2011Going BackI'm moving back to St Andrews tomorrow morning. I haven't been this excited in years.
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8th September 2011This American Life"From WBEZ Chicago it's This American Life distributed by Public Radio International." Just over a month ago I caught podcast fever like I've never experienced before. Having listened to Andy Ihnatko recommending the show for years on MacBreak Weekly, and more recently having my good friend and future housemate Mr Adam Kesby recommend it, when an episode of This American Life was mentioned on one of my favourite blogs, I took notice. I decided to check it out, and I loved what I found. Do you love watching documentaries? Do you like learning things and finding things out? Do you enjoy feeling cultured ...
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5th September 2011A Very Strange ManI want to try something different here today. A few weeks ago, in the middle of August, I was taking the train down south. As usual I took the Highland Chieftain ((The Highland Chieftain is the only train from Perth which goes to Edinburgh and then directly onto the ECML and London. I like it because it means I don't have to change, and I get to travel on an HST.)) but on this day it was delayed for 10 minutes before being allowed to enter Perth station. By the time I'd got on and travelled to York, we'd lost even ...
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2nd September 201111th May: Alpine ThunderAfter a lengthy break, I briefly return to my InterRail Travel Log. This post continues from the last post, when I was on my way to Grenoble. [Side note: read up about the city on Wikipedia, if you'd like. It's a beautiful one and I'd love to return] Wow, it's been ages since I updated! Although it’s only Tuesday. Because I’m writing texts and emails to people about the same stuff, it feels like I’ve already written this. The last bit of the TGV ride from Paris was really slow. At some times we were going barely 20mph, and one time we stopped. ...
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31st August 2011Strawberries ’11Last year I grew strawberries seriously for the first time, and I wrote about the experience at length, here on my blog. In the concluding sentences, I wrote: Finally, what will I do with these 100+ strawberry plants? I’ve not decided. I think I may be able to find room for another 20 in the front garden, but the rest will need to be planted elsewhere. Yet I can’t bring myself to throw them away – as I’ve said, I’d much rather have strawberries than no strawberries, and I’m happy to do the work to make that so. As it turns out, ...
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About Wilf's Blog
I'm a mathematician, but apart from that, I'm a fairly normal guy. I used to write a blog - this blog. I write (wrote) about whatever is on my mind. It can get quite personal sometimes.
