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This is a post that I have probably made before in some respects. It harks back to the two chestnuts of being a guy who wants to go out into the world, and one who wants to stay at home with the Mrs. Not to put too fine a point on it…

I should imagine my HR record at work probably shows exactly when over my time of employment i have had any relationship going on. Generally if single then seeing the world whilst working for Installation and Commissioning seems like the best plan. And if I have a girlfriend then i suddenly prefer a job that means I am doing 9-5 and not away at weekends.

Now this should not quite match with the person many readers know me to be. I threw myself into DramSoc at university. Intense periods of long hours to focus on "The Show" or I disappear for a couple of weeks and immerse myself in the merchant navy as pat of the crew of a tall ship. And then there is the work, where I pretty much jump at the chance to go to site.

Really there has to be a balance to all this. both my home life, and my work life are important to me. As is my sailing life…. and these things contradict each other. So what it comes down to now is a need to get my fixes of action away, and then the rest of the time enjoy the life i have built myself at home, including the commitment I try to make to scouts, and some climbing too.

If i stopped my travelling entirely then i don’t think i would be entirely happy. But i don’t now believe I would be entirely happy if all i did was travel. I am not quite that type of guy, almost but not quite. I have now made my bed, and usually I will return home each night to sleep in it.

So what is still missing? Well, there is an entire world out there folks. Some of you have been out to see it. Some are out there living in it right now, be it in Europe or further afield. I didn’t take a year out to travel either before or after university, and in some respects I regret that. But on the other hand, I am where I am – would I be here otherwise? So dare I say it but travelling will have to wait. Its amazing how i can make some real long term plans. So here are a few

• Travel – see the world

Travel – see some more

• Maybe do something crazy like sail across the Atlantic

These are things I would like to do. One day. Maybe I never will, but they are there at the back of my mind, biding their time…. and in small pieces they are perfectly feasible. Who knows what my future might hold in this respect? So long as I am happy….

(and you know I hate to do this in public, but…)

And here can go a public apology to they who have to put up with my occasional disappearing acts. And public thanks that they do, and the hope that they will continue to do so.