✍️ 30.10.2026
Signed my contract (again!) after flagging some inconsistencies. Next step: ENG1 medical.
✍️ 27.10.2026
Signed my contract!
👋 26.10.2026
Resigned from the Royal Household.
📄 23.10.2026
Received my contract. 42 days on, 21 days off. Provisional start: 06.01.2027. Doesn't feel real yet.
👑 20.10.2026
Worked the Oman state visit. Last time in livery (quite unnecessarily).
🥲 12.10.2026
My partner left for 20 weeks in Antarctica.
🕸️ 11.10.2026
Walked to the next village's phone box library to return some books. A freshly ploughed field covered in cobwebs, only visible in the setting sun.
🚗 06.10.2026
Passed my driving test.
⚓ 01.10.2026
Accepted a verbal offer. Over 300 applicants. Nervous but excited!
🚢 23.09.2026
Interview on THV Galatea in Harwich for a Deck Rating Apprenticeship with Trinity House. Four months after applying. Massive buoys on deck. Nice cabins. Fingers crossed!