The universe plainly decided that I needed another last Saturday at the pit face, and so people went sick or on holiday and I stepped into the breach.

By now there’s no doubt I’m in the new role properly – I was in conversation via Teams with other senior managers about a number of issues, and my branch managers were keeping me copied in as they resolved or headed off issues.

And at the same time, as we closed up the small library this evening, I’d be lying if there wasn’t a small pang as I took some pictures to remind me:

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Next week… well I already know the main challenges lined up. We’ll see what happens.