Not the greatest of weeks

Bit of a gap in the blog entries mainly due to a pretty bad week or so.

Firstly, it looks like my contract here in the School of Physics and Astronomy (Cardiff University) is highly unlikely to be renewed. So after 13 years in the School, including 7 years as a staff member, it looks like I'll be leaving.

Secondly, I get a phone call from the Cardiff Police saying that an officer of theirs had collided with my car whilst on patrol. Not too much damage, offside front wing rather dented, but of course I had to give a statement to the traffic police who were investigating the incident. In order to give that statement I had to be cautioned - I wasn't even in the car when the collision happened and yet I had to be cautioned!

And to top it all off, Wales get humiliated in the rugby against Ireland - although this wasn't totally unexpected.

Hmm, a week I'd rather forget.