Tree of the day

The calm before the storm. #BadmintonHorseTrials

Well it's all happening here. The local swans have left the pond and are on walkabout around the village. Slow down please.

Glorious sunrise over #Gloucestershire What a way to start the day.

Goodbye #Salcombe. You've been great. Again.

To #CheltLitFest for probably the best talk we've ever been to. @katemosse & Emma Donoghue on Defiant Women. Both superb. This from @katemosse “It's the quiet ones who change the world, street by street, village by village”.

Bonding weekend with younger son at the excellent #SerpentsTrail ultra. Great race. True, he nearly ran the 100K in the same time it took me to run the 50K but I'd rather not talk about that, if you don't mind

Wildflower verge in Long Newton #Gloucestershire

And we're on a roll! That's another coaching client who has gained headship. So pleasing. Am constantly reminded just how powerful this coaching work can be, life-changing in fact.

What a month. One son runs a 3:13 London marathon and then the other has a top 20 placing at #badmintonhorsetrials2023 Proud? Just a bit. instagram.com/reel/Cr86NAxIn…

Don't be bitter. Be better.

Chuffed that two Senior Leaders I've been coaching have recently won promotion, one to Headship and the other to a CEO role. Yes, coaching is about remedying deficits but it's also about helping already strong people rise still higher. Interested for yourself? DM me.

To Dittisham for a funeral in the January sunshine. The tide was out but so too were the daffodils.

Who are the female authors writing powerfully about school improvement that I should reading? (A question I was asked this week.)

Matthew Parris nailing it as usual in @thetimes when he quotes Kipling. If the Conservatives re-elect BJ it would be like “a dog returning to its vomit”

So Liz Truss will now receive an annual pension of £100K for life. Reward for failure taken to farcical level. She should donate it to charity - but won’t of course.

An added treat @CheltLitFest today, bumping into students from @7valeschool (so well behaved) and staff, including the best Head Teacher's PA one could wish for, @lyn_woodrow

Good to be back @LRBHT_Official with eldest son @treventing Hunter ( aka Possible Mission) beautifully turned out. A PB in the dressage. Next up, cross-country on Saturday 🤞🤞

Out for an early morning run which turned into a walk but hey, who's counting? Enjoying the shade down at Cherington Pond. #Gloucestershire

If you thought contestants on @bbcapprentice had industrial levels of self-delusion just wait till you hear from the candidates in the Tory leadership race