Thursday, October 23, 2025

Meal deal, caves and macaroni cheese.

1. We could have packed our own sandwiches -- but instead, we opt for a supermarket meal deal, and let someone else do the work.

2. On the way home, we talk over our favourite parts of Chislehurst Caves -- I liked the guide's story about crawling through into a forbidden space behind a wall and coming back with a photo of a ventilation shaft. And I liked him dropping a stone into a pool of water to see the reflections on the ceiling. 

3. Nick has gone all-out with the macaroni cheese -- it has fancy pasta, greens, bacon and crispy bread crumbs -- and it looks so appetising at the end of an editing sprint.

Strategies, with other editors and purple tissue.

1. Soft voice from under his hoodie, telling me about Yahtzee strategies and tactics. 2. Lunch with coffee and editorial chatter -- we lay o...