Pseudocyst

The adventures and life of a Specialist Nurse in Upper GI and Bariatric surgery. If you then double and triple this by having a primary school age child AND being married to another Nurse then you have double the trouble….aehm I mean fun. Hobbies are playing chess, board games and being taxi for our son!!!

Unless otherwise indicated, all the names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents in this blog are either the product of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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  • BOris SPasski (1937 – 2025)

    A Chess Legend Boris Spassky, born on January 30, 1937, in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, was a Russian chess grandmaster renowned for his dynamic and adaptable playing style. He became the 10th World Chess Champion in 1969 by defeating Tigran Petrosian and held the title until 1972. Spassky’s chess talent emerged early; he became Read more

  • Correspondence Chess

    I have – so far – written very little about my correspondence chess. I started playing correspondence chess (CC) when Somerset was looking for players for the national county championships. That was around 2010 and I thought it was a good idea to improve my opening knowledge whilst still playing regular over the board (otb) Read more

  • County training

    The weekend off was quite nice. After the busy week we’ve had (more in my next entry) it was good to spend some time with the family. Well, my wife had to work on Saturday which meant daddy day care mode was initiated. Tennis, swimming, library, and some (board)games at home. The tennis session was Read more