Peter’s Hospital Diary

Yesterday was the annual trip up to King’s College Hospital for my annual check-up. You may recall that all stem cell transplant activity moved from Guy’s to King’s about 18 months ago. I’m pleased to say that all seems well, although the King’s outpatient department seems rather more chaotic than Guy’s! There still seems to […]

And with that title, I can see how long it has been since I last wrote up the blog :(. It has been a very busy three months with lots happening, so here goes! First the dissertation. I submitted the revised draft at the end of February. The initial indications are that I have covered […]

Oh dear, not been very good at writing this up – distracted by the two Ds – Divorce and Dissertation, with Christmas and New Year in the mix. The dissertation is almost complete, with the additional experiments complete and the updated results almost integrated into the final project report. The submission date is the end […]

Just realised nearly two months has gone by since I last posted – probably one of the longest gaps – 🙁 That harvest of beans was almost the last – I did discover some mature pods, so I have kept the beans to see of they will germinate next year. The bean poles are out, […]

Hot on the heels of the last post (bit like busses, nothing for ages, then two at once!) I thought I’d share the results of a small harvest. Although I was a bit late getting the runner beans in the ground, and they were delayed by bad weather in June, I did get a small […]

Whoops, I see over four weeks have passed since I last wrote up the blog. It has been a busy four weeks though, apart from various legal issues, I have been out and about in the garden – where the beans started producing fruit, a little bit of diving and a little bit of client […]

I have just realised it has been over six weeks since I wrote the blog (although I do wonder who is still reading it?) So just after my bit of DIY, I headed north up the St Annes to stay with Martin and Stephanie, friends from University. We headed over to Headingley in Leeds to […]

Although one of the purchase decisions for my house was that there was little that needed doing to it, there are always one or two little things to be done. One of those was improving space in the tank, or airing cupboard. It is a large space, not well used, so it seemed a good […]

Although it has been raining quite a lot since the photo was taken at the weekend! I took the plunge and ordered some garden furniture so I can take advantage of the patio! (If you look closely, you will see the obligatory glass of beer!) It also came in useful for a surprise visit from […]

I have been enjoying the warm weather of the last few days by doing a bit of gardening. Last week I dug out the patch where I’ll try growing some runner beans that I have been germinating in pots. This week I built the supports and planted out the beans. I managed to germinate 11 […]