- Yet another welcome bank holiday Monday to start the week. Ignoring the boys’ protests, we dragged them away from their devices out to Hitch Wood for a stomp around. The bluebells are out in force meaning that our children were forced to pose next to pretty flowers for photos. Will their torture never end?
- New gadget: I’ve bought a 5-in-1 Anker USB-C hub to plug into one of the ports in my Studio Display to provide Ethernet and USB-A ports. I had maxed out the display’s miserly three ports and so this little hub works nicely to free up two.
- I’ve been kicking the tyres of 11ty and Astro as I ponder what to do with the ~10K posts on my website. A build time of two minutes each change would be too frustrating which is why I went down the dynamic route last time, however I want to use a git-based workflow for writing longer posts. More experimenting to do.
- Arsenal sadly exited the Champions League to PSG who were the more effective team over the semi-final tie. Expensive new signings are needed this summer.
- Much like the pros on Wednesday, I was knackered after a Saturday afternoon of football over the park with H and his friend and his friend’s dad. Two hours of 2 vs 2 is a bit much for us old men.!
- We wrapped up the week with lunch to celebrate L’s mum’s birthday at The Greyhound pub near Tring. Our boys are susceptible to car sickness and despite taking travel tablets, just half an hour in to the journey poor C needed me to stop in a lay-by on the A41 so he could barf (thankfully outside my car). Apparently my driving was to blame. With his tummy empty he was ready to tuck into his lunch.
- We then stretched our legs around another wood - nearby Wendover Woods - which promised the reward of ice creams at the end.
