Dear friends, A year ago, I announced the postponed of the Arclight India project and spoke about my deep concerns for the people of India who were enduring a tsunami of new infections. Back then, their health care system had buckled under the unprecedented demand which came to us only as heart-breaking and horrifying images […]
Euro Adventure Part 4: A Soulful Change in Course
Blue skies, quiet roads, two rolling wheels and only three things to do each day: ride, eat and sleep. This is what became of life when riding the TET in the summer of 2020 during the short lull between waves of the covid-19 pandemic. The experience of Central France had sewn itself into the fabric […]
Exploring Telemedicine With The Arclight
Although the travel plans in India have been postponed, other Arclight projects have been far from idle. Over the past year I have been working with a small team explore the use of the Arclight in telemedicine. Telemedicine is a relatively new word but its place in the medical sphere is rapidly morphing from a […]
Euro Adventure Part 3: The Friendly Fascist
This long post comes after a long gap in writing. I will soon post an update for the actual Arclight Project. But for now, I hope you enjoy this story about how I ended up staying with the friendliest fascist in Europe during my adventure on the TET. The next morning I rose before sunrise […]
Euro Adventure Part 2: Finding the Trans-European-Trail
With the negative thoughts of the first days spun, softened and dried along with my clothes, I had an open mind to meet the road ahead of me. The bike felt good and I rode fast out of the Paris on a quiet Sunday morning. Josephine’s goodbye could be heard reverberating through the Parisian streets, […]
Making Sense Of Negative Feelings – A Children’s Poem
“I find myself with myself more than ever before. Really, truly, responsible for my life and therefore the only one accountable for my shortcomings. I have come short on many an occasion. But remind myself, I should, or could, or may as well, That life is a lesson. It is a class only passed if […]
Euro Adventure Part 1: Le Grand Depart with Wet Pants
I rode away from my home in Hereford with my beloved family and closest friend stood on the drive waving me goodbye. A strong feeling of apprehension swirled with determination and excitement in my belly. The rolling hills and expansive green spaces of Herefordshire, graced by the light from which the golden valley derives its […]
Arclight Project Update: Where are we now and Where to next?
Hello everyone. Some time and many things have passed since the last time I wrote in this blog. In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that the world has changed. This is true not only systemically speaking, but on an individual level for so many people. Myself included. In May I rode my motorcycle […]
Stories of Intensive Care Nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic
This an account written about my time working in ICU during the COVID-19 pandemic. The events are described almost exactly I experienced them. These are not exceptional stories. For those working in Intensive Care medicine, walking on a knifes edge with death at one side and life on the other is an everyday occurrence. These […]
The Saga of the Stolen Motorcycle
My beloved motorcycle, Josephine Honda, was stolen on my second night here in Leicester. Young hooded gremlins with wretched craftiness broke into the garden of the residence I was staying in. These Bad Boys, probably fuelled with monster energy drink and vape smoke, hot wired the bike and joy rode it through the streets of […]