John Burke's a-Musings

Thursday 30 January 2003. It was to be my last working day with Myerscough College, though not quite the end of my association with them. ...

Wednesday 23 February 2005. It was a snowy but bright day heading over to Newcastle for a meeting of the Jisc Advisory Services. Besides J...

Sometimes the work trips came thick and fast and this time we'll take a look at just a few of them over the period of May-June 2005. ...

Saturday 29 July 2017. The most leisurely start to a cruise that we've ever had I think, as we only have to drive across to Newcastle up...

I can't believe this is a whole week since! But it is... Last Saturday we went over to Newcastle to see violinist Andre Rieu with his ...

I got caught up in the flooding this week, though not to any great state of discomfort. It did mean I had to spend an extra night away thou...

Well actually it's just about all gone. I've spent the last two days in Newcastle. There was snow on the way - a few isolated drift...

I've been up and down the country a bit this week. I spent Monday and Tuesday in a cold and wintery Newcastle, catching up with the ...

A bit of good news yesterday when I found one of my photos had won Best Overall Photograph in a photo competition at work. This was the fi...

I'm back in Newcastle again for a 2-day meeting and went out for a meal with my colleagues last night at the Baltic Restaurant. This hu...

I've spent the first three days of this week in Newcastle and Gateshead. Tuesday and Wednesday have been the Building Bridges confer...

I'm sorry folks, it must look as though I'm being a bit tardy here, but the PC has been replaced and I'm in the midst of taking ...

I'm in Newcastle again at the moment, spending a few days working in the office. I didn't bring my camera with me so I thought I...

Ah yes... perhaps a little remiss of me, but it has been a busy week. Since my last missive I've been to Glasgow, Lancaster, Newcastle ...

I like exploring cities as many of our older cities have a character all of their own. It's not necessarily whilst deliberately walking ...