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Barry Frost - Weeknotes

Barry Frost - Weeknotes

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Weekly notes posted by Barry.

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Week 270 - Windy

The boys had Friday off school before the half-term break, so we beat the holiday traffic to travel to Belgium. We were staying at Center Parcs De Haan again (again). The journey to mainland Europe was a little hairy: Storm Austen was battering the UK, and we had chosen the ferry

🤸‍♂️ Week 269 - Bounce

Another gig this week: I saw Arab Strap at Heaven with Andy. They played much of their new album, which is really very good, and as dark and witty as ever. Glamour Magick is a new favourite. It was exactly 30 years since their first gig and they ended with their much-loved first

🥅 Week 268 - Goals

I waved off my wife this weekend as she tackled the Commando Series 6K race in Kent. Before leaving, she cursed her previous willingness to sign up, but she completed the course and her team all seemed to enjoy trekking through rivers and mud. No, I will not be joining them next

❓ Week 267 - Quiz

First, a small personal note on the news this week that Man City have been found guilty of 114/115 breaches of Premier League financial rules. Supporting Arsenal during the period (and beyond), and watching City pip us to titles and cups while cheating, has made me so angry. I mi

🎶 Week 266 - Festival

I’ve been a fan of Gene since the mid-nineties and have seen them live many times, always in the UK. This week I travelled to València, in the east of Spain, to Visorfest, a festival for 80s/90s bands, to see them abroad for the first time. I flew out on Thursday evening with And

🏀 Week 265 - Basketball

L found a basketball stand/hoop offered for free from a local family and set it up for the boys on the patio. I grumbled because it’s further creeping Americanisation of our children, but I have to concede it does get them active and playing together outside. I visited the school

👾 Week 264 - AI

This week, I was invited to a roundtable event in the Haymarket Hotel in London. The topic was (unsurprisingly) AI and how it had affected our operating models. I enjoyed it. There was an even split of optimism vs pessimism on a future with AI. We had a good cross-section of ten

👦 Week 263 - Sons

The new school year began, with my boys now in years six and four. L is also back teaching on selected days, so I’ve returned to drop-off duties when she’s working. It won’t be long before neither son holds my hand on the walk to school, so I need to remember to savour it 🥹 Afte

📍 Week 262 - Cornwall

We continued our holiday in Cornwall. The weather was mostly sunny all week, but on one cloudy, drizzly day we drove down to Falmouth on the south coast. The National Maritime Museum was fine, but didn’t grab the boys’ interest. We walked up the hill to Pendennis Castle and shelt

🏖️ Week 261 - Beach

I’ve been away on holiday, so sorry if these weeknotes are a little late. I was a little busy holidaying. We were in Porthtowan, a little town on the north coast of Cornwall, staying in a cottage right by the beach with my parents. I squeezed myself into a wetsuit and surprised m

5️⃣ Week 260 - Five

Unlike many whose first thought was impending armageddon, when this week’s government-triggered mobile alert came through to our phones, I was sitting next to my wife and my assumption was that she had somehow caused the noise by watching an annoying Instagram Reel. Sorry, L. We

🏊 Week 259 - Swim

After our anniversary weekend in the Cotswolds, I drove home while L picked up the boys and continued on to a lodge in the Forest of Dean with her parents. For me, this meant a few nights of currys and quiet, and working from home during the day, while they were away. I’m now off