….I did in the 11 whole months since I last wrote anything on my poor neglected bog blog was go to Ghana.  I wrote a bit about it here, published on the website for the new project I’m Research Assistant-ing on at the University of Liveerpoowelle: Condatis.

Ghana was hugely interesting, despite the distinct lack of peat.  There were trees though, but that’s another blog post….to come (she promises!).

How Ghana does sunset.

Over this period, I’ve also surveyed 1028 fields across the country, installed two weather stations, been electrocuted two times, run 17 miles over 17 of London’s bridges, missed a marathon due to injury, applied for a handful of jobs, been invited to a couple of interviews, been convincing infront of a panel, moved to the Great North*, had a jolly send-off by my old, great crew at Rezatec**, learnt how to tune a TV to the appropriate transmission, run out of electricity, run along the Mersey, taken a ferry across the Mersey (obvs), located my nearest Waitrose (with some assistance) and am in the process of developing a Scouse accent….amongst other things.

The new project I’m fortunate enough to be a part of now, directed by Dr Jenny Hodgson and the great team she’s gathered, will take me to Indonesia, Malaysia and back to Ghana to explore how the connectivity of landscapes for wildlife can be improved with strategic habitat restoration.  You can find out more here, and hopefully in future blogs.

Peat, I’ve not forgotten you.  I’m still on the look out for pots of gold that might reunite us one day….

Red-red, the food of the Ghanaian gods.

*There’s actually still a lot of north to the north of Liverpool.

**I’m ever grateful they made use of me for so long!