Mon
After yesterdays BUCS triathlon (below) and the drive back from Birmingham, I was glad of my lie in until 7 am this morning! I had a few replies from reviewers when I got in, although thankfully nothing drastic, so I continued to scope out the proposal for a note on space for the board.
In the afternoon, I headed to the Olympic Velodrome to try out track cycling! Anyone who can ride a bike can register for one of these sessions here and I would highly recommend it. They provide bikes and helmets, and you can hire shoes if you want. The coach was very accommodating for all levels of cycling ability and fear levels. It seemed terrifying at first, but it no time all of us were speeding around on the banked circuit. As it is the state opening of parliament on Wednesday, I managed to get a photo of the palace without the usual security barriers in the way.
Tues
Today I started to write the proposal for the board based on all the information I've been collecting. There is a lot of activity out there and my challenge will be getting it all in one page, as always seems to be the case with POST....!
Wed
Today is the state opening of parliament, and so most of the roads around Westminster are closed off, with the police starting to make an appearance even on my way in from the pool at half 8. After doing some work collating the reviewer's comments, a few of us headed out in the drizzle to see if we could spot the Queen - and we did! We then all went back into the office to watch her speech. In the afternoon a couple of us went over to the House of Commons and sat in the Strangers' Gallery to watch the Prime Minister "commend the Queen's Speech to the House" which was quite exciting, and a good opportunity for some MP spotting. In the evening, I tried out a road bike only time trial at Hillingdon Cycle Circuit with my friend Ellie, which was fun despite the weather turning apocalyptic - and as there were only us two girls there we both won prizes!
Thurs
So today was the Evening Standard's #run2workday and I thought: why not? It turns out there are a lot of answers to that question! Despite the lack of breakfast and a lot of bugs inhaled, I made it! 10.5 miles along the river from Mortlake to Westminster: and once I'd stopped worrying about how slow I was going, I quite enjoyed it.
I spent today collating all the responses from the external reviewers and making changes to the note accordingly. All the feedback has been very positive, and most of the comments are suggesting things to add in if I have space. Unfortunately, I don't, and many of the topics they'd like added in were in the note at one stage of the draft but were removed to make space for something else.
I had a pretty bizarre evening - I caught the commuter boat to Canary Wharf where there was a cycling race happening! It was very odd to watch racing between the high rise buildings, but really good fun at the same time.
Fri
Another few e-mails in from reviewers today, so some more editing of my note to accommodate the changes they have suggested. We also had another big data team meeting, looking for areas of overlap in the notes and discussing what the main themes for POST's big data event in the Autumn will be.
It's crazy to think that I've only got one more week at POST!
After yesterdays BUCS triathlon (below) and the drive back from Birmingham, I was glad of my lie in until 7 am this morning! I had a few replies from reviewers when I got in, although thankfully nothing drastic, so I continued to scope out the proposal for a note on space for the board.
In the afternoon, I headed to the Olympic Velodrome to try out track cycling! Anyone who can ride a bike can register for one of these sessions here and I would highly recommend it. They provide bikes and helmets, and you can hire shoes if you want. The coach was very accommodating for all levels of cycling ability and fear levels. It seemed terrifying at first, but it no time all of us were speeding around on the banked circuit. As it is the state opening of parliament on Wednesday, I managed to get a photo of the palace without the usual security barriers in the way.
Tues
Today I started to write the proposal for the board based on all the information I've been collecting. There is a lot of activity out there and my challenge will be getting it all in one page, as always seems to be the case with POST....!
Wed
Today is the state opening of parliament, and so most of the roads around Westminster are closed off, with the police starting to make an appearance even on my way in from the pool at half 8. After doing some work collating the reviewer's comments, a few of us headed out in the drizzle to see if we could spot the Queen - and we did! We then all went back into the office to watch her speech. In the afternoon a couple of us went over to the House of Commons and sat in the Strangers' Gallery to watch the Prime Minister "commend the Queen's Speech to the House" which was quite exciting, and a good opportunity for some MP spotting. In the evening, I tried out a road bike only time trial at Hillingdon Cycle Circuit with my friend Ellie, which was fun despite the weather turning apocalyptic - and as there were only us two girls there we both won prizes!
Thurs
So today was the Evening Standard's #run2workday and I thought: why not? It turns out there are a lot of answers to that question! Despite the lack of breakfast and a lot of bugs inhaled, I made it! 10.5 miles along the river from Mortlake to Westminster: and once I'd stopped worrying about how slow I was going, I quite enjoyed it.
I spent today collating all the responses from the external reviewers and making changes to the note accordingly. All the feedback has been very positive, and most of the comments are suggesting things to add in if I have space. Unfortunately, I don't, and many of the topics they'd like added in were in the note at one stage of the draft but were removed to make space for something else.
I had a pretty bizarre evening - I caught the commuter boat to Canary Wharf where there was a cycling race happening! It was very odd to watch racing between the high rise buildings, but really good fun at the same time.
Fri
Another few e-mails in from reviewers today, so some more editing of my note to accommodate the changes they have suggested. We also had another big data team meeting, looking for areas of overlap in the notes and discussing what the main themes for POST's big data event in the Autumn will be.
It's crazy to think that I've only got one more week at POST!
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