Author: Matt Jukes

  • Week 27/52

    Week 27/52

    It is a beautiful Friday afternoon here in Bristol which goes some way to balancing out just how wiped out I am again. The Funeral Bank Holiday does not seem to have helped somehow as even though it was a four day week it feels like I’ve done seven…I am simply not match fit but…

  • Week 26/52

    Week 26/52

    Week 26 means it is six months-ish until my 50th. Gosh I got real old when I wasn’t looking! Need to book a venue for the party as well. Anyway this week has been the first five day work week I have done since April 2020. I’m legitimately shattered and I didn’t even go to…

  • Week 25/52

    Week 25/52

    Eleven weeks later and I’m easing back into weeknoting now I have something to weeknote about again (other than InterRailing and bingeing West Wing for the umpeenth time.) I started as Head of Product at the Department of International Trade on Thursday 1st September. So in a little over a week I have had two…

  • An InterRail Tale

    As I come to the close of trip (albeit one with an extra night in London due to returning on the day of a rail strike) I thought I’d do a little #tripnote It has been a brilliant experience I have to say – though it was hardly a traditional InterRail adventure. For one I…

  • Week 14/52

    I think I might have to take a break from these weeknotes due to the absolute lack of activity I have going on in the upcoming weeks! My big news this week I wrote about on Monday. I’ve ‘accepted’ a job back in the Civil Service and I discussed the reasons in that post. I’m…