What happened was....

 So, it has been a long time, hasn't it?

Life has been different for all of us, 2020 started off with massive potential - I was working on commissions and under NDA's, then COVID came along and the rug got pulled from all my projects.

Where one door closes and all that...

I switched my attention and skills to the aid effort. Over the first few weeks of lockdown, I petitioned my school to allow me to re-open my department to make PPE. I worked with a wider charity group to develop and produce a wide range of PPE and helpful products.

A 2 person technician team, we became an R&D think-tank and provided for our local hospitals, carers and even to the team developing the vaccine in Oxford. Often we made a difference just by providing customised PPE for individuals who couldn't use what was available. It was a busy and exhausting journey.

Eventually, the schools opened up again, to a whole new set of challenges.... back to R&D in a different form where I developed what I affectionately call "doggy-bag projects" for our students. Practical work was difficult being spread over zones and bubbles, so a little bagged project that could be done anywhere, including isolation, that was fun and educational was the order of the day. The Grabber bag came about, and I'll do a separate post on that.

I did manage a few bits of personal projects here and there, again posts and pictures to follow now I am back (thanks to a couple of comments bringing me back to the blog, cheers guys).

Since COVID came about, I have never been so busy - possibly a victim of my own success, but more realistically a victim of my own bright ideas and biting off more than I can chew....

I mean, who decides to pretty much rip down and reinvent an entire school department thinking they can pull off a year's worth of work in a couple of months.....