Life Beyond the Beaker

So, what's it been like in the science world after most staff were furloughed for months on end and all science stopped for almost a year... What a look. These photos are going to go in no particular order because there has not really been any structure to this hectic year. I can tell that I have been stressed and a bit under&overwhelmed with work because my blog posts have been so far and between!   Wish my legs were up all the time!  The first few weeks back at SAMS after furlough, I was all over the place trying to sort stuff out. One of my most recent exploits was up around the West Coast of Scotland A dynamic week sampling for Maerl around the west coast of Scotland, my best skippering job yet. Small roads, hard reversing, beach launches, busy ports, intense passage planning, exposed coasts, jumping dolphins, preying sea eagles and some happy scientists and the work truck only died on me on the day I was heading home! We were buzzing around the highlands for Conn...