Week 47 & 48

3 December 2023
  • Double notes this week, we were away last Sunday at Fforest and then came home Monday and were struck down with a nasty bug
  • We had a brilliant time though, we were there Friday to Monday staying in a Hill Shac with Jess, Jim, Graeme, Colin and Emma. It was the Fforest Winter feast on the Saturday night, really great food and loads of tasty natural wines!

A close up of some oysters at the Fforest feast

  • Maude had the best time running around free for the weekend, was made even better with the addition of Morris, Colin and Emma’s dog.
  • Frosty weather this week is quite novel on the morning walks.
  • Maude’s some how sliced her paw and now has to wear a silly little boot which she hates.
  • December’s gonna get busy so had a very slow weekend taking it easy. Ended up watching a lot of the UK Championship (snooker) which then led to us watching a documentary film about Ronnie O’Sullivan, I thought it might be more mad based off his wikipedia page but it was still good.
  • Put the final touches on the bike box too, put a nice latch on the people gate and our house number on the front of the box. There wasn’t a lot of good (typographically speaking choices) but we found someone doing metal numbers in Neutraface on Etsy. Looks tidy.

The new numbers on the box

  • Spotify Wrapped this week, The National were my number one again 🙈, it does annoy me they bring it out a whole month before the year is up!? Do they count last years December, or is it 11 months worth of stats. Totally opaque… This is why last.fm is better.
Jon Heslop in his house
Self-portrait, 09/02/25 — Fujifilm X-Pro3, Leica Summilux-M 50 ƒ/1.4, ASPH

About me

Jon Heslop is a web developer based in Walthamstow, he lives with his wife Rebecca and their dog, Maude. He enjoys cycling, cooking and hanging out with friends.

Enough of the third person... I was born in London, grew up on the Wirral before coming of age in the Midlands (somehow that’s the accent that mostly stuck). I went to university in London and then spent a while in West Wales.

I’ve been building websites since I was a teenager and I have been very lucky with the places and people I’ve worked with over the years.

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