Day off no.1: My wonderful day on the canal
My return to work didn't go quite as I expected as 4 days before my return I developed vertigo which was particularly unpleasant. This meant that I ended up returning to work on the 6th rather than the 3rd of September as planned and to get everything back on track again I decided for the first two weeks to just work a regular pattern of hours. Anyway, just as my vertigo was clearing up, I went on to develop a sinus infection which brought it back again and so for a while it was touch and go as to whether or not I'd be well enough for what I'd planned for my first compressed hours non-working day. However, luck was on my side and on the 26th September I did my first day of volunteering on the canal. I was so excited when I saw that the day I'd be off, there was a Towpath Taskforce planned within London. It was going to be between Acton Lock and Mile End Lock which to me was one helluva long way... until I discovered that Acton Lock is at Bow! Which makes much more sense...