It’s been a real busy few months alongside my caput downward working on ane projection later the side past times side alongside barely a interruption for breath. So when I saw a gap coming upwards inward my schedule, non solely was I looking frontwards to a much-needed rest, but also the run a jeopardy to grab upwards on myself professionally. I had a brace of books I wanted to read too a long listing of bookmarked articles too academic papers. I also had a collection of post-it notes alongside ideas for weblog posts jotted down. So I decided to mass myself a ‘reading retreat’, a calendar week away inward a province cottage to hunker downward too grab up.
So for the past times v days, I’ve been installed inward a actually cool rented cottage inward the Somerset hamlet of Bruton, nearly an hr past times develop from home. Slightly to my surprise at this fourth dimension of year, I’ve had a few fabulously bright, sunny, frosty days which bring tempted me out to explore the countryside.
I did a wonderful 6-mile walk upwards a large colina that gave me amazing views across the area, I walked upwards to the Dovecote, a local folly ...
... too I had a fun morn exploring Hauser & Wirth, a trendy fine art gallery too gardens.
Slightly less successful, though, has been my endeavour to settle downward too read. I’ve struggled a fleck to expire along warm inward the cottage. It’s a big, open-plan rock edifice which the heating has struggled to warm upwards too although there’s a lovely log-burner, that solely actually heats the immediate area. That’s left the kitchen-diner where I’d hoped to operate at the tabular array too the conservatory alongside lots of natural lite likewise mutual depression temperature to sit down in.
And thus there’s the vexed inquiry of chairs ... alongside all my regular aches too pains, I actually remove a expert chair that supports my dorsum properly, whether that’s sitting at a desk/table or reading inward an armchair. And although the cottage is total of lots of funky furniture, which would hold upwards perfect for a holiday, I haven't actually constitute a spot comfy plenty to sit down for real long. This morning, I constitute myself sitting at the exceed of the stairs side past times side to a radiator to expire along warm too on the border of the conservatory to grab the light, but absolutely crippled past times the awkward sitting seat later less than an hour!
So I’ve decided to cutting my losses too caput abode tomorrow morning, a hateful solar daytime before than planned. I’m longing for a nighttime inward my ain bed too a expert long swim to stretch out all the painful knots!
Although my calendar week hasn’t been a resounding success inward price of all the materials I’d hoped to do, I bring done a fleck of reading too I’ve got a conference proposal too a brace of weblog posts drafted. And peradventure to a greater extent than importantly, I’ve had a respite from my park routine. I’d been tied to my desk, starring at the same iv walls for thus long, simply having a alter of scene has done me the footing of good. And Bruton is a fab picayune place, I’ll definitely hold upwards back, maybe for a long weekend inward the leap or summertime ...
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