Week Notes - 05

📆 01 Feb 2026 17:00 UTC +00:00 📕 676 words ⏳ 5 min.
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Hey folks, it’s that time of the week again, here’s this week’s’ week notes.

Reading

This week, I have done a bit more reading, than the last few weeks. I am still on Foundation by Isaac Asimov but I’m making progress.

Hopefully in the next week or so, I will finish this book and move onto something else that’s on my to-read pile, which is still very, very large.

Gaming

This weekend I enjoyed some rotary wing flying. Specifically in the CH47F Chinook (HC5 in UK Service). I did two flights yesterday afternoon in it, one in SoCal: taking off from Vandenberg Space Force Base and then flying down the coast to LA where I did some circles over Downtown, did a number of flypasts of sports stadiums and LAX before returning to Vandenberg SFB. This flight took 2 hours and 45 minutes ish to complete.

The second flight was in the UK. I took off from RAF Odiham from where I flew North to RAF High Wycombe (a non-flying RAF station, home to the United Kingdom Space Command), where I did a landing on the helipad before flying to RAF Northolt. From Northolt, I flew overhead the M25 for about 10 minutes, before turning back and flying over RAF Benson in Oxfordshire, where I turned South and returned to RAF Odiham.

Writing

This week, I spent a bit of time focusing on my novel. I have written just over 2000 words, I plan on writing another 5000 (in February). I am enjoying the process. There’s something about sitting and just writing which is really relaxing and probably will end up having its own blost written (I know I say that a lot but this time I mean it, as soon as I finish writing this Week Notes, I am going to start writing a blost about writing.)

My writing process also includes some research as the story I am making is complicated by having characters in the UK armed forces (RAF, RN FAA, UKSF, etc.) so stuff like ranks and the like are above my current understanding. But a quick web search reveals all; and is a good opportunity to dive down some rabbit holes that I don’t normally dive into.

Listening

This week is that same as every other week, I haven’t spent any time listening to podcasts while writing, though I keep saying I need to. But I have listened to some music through YouTube Music while sitting and doing my flying sessions, and sometimes I listen to music in bed.

Watching

As with last week, I have been enjoying The Big Bang Theory, which I have the entire run of the show on DVD (yes, I still use DVDs). As well as watching little bits of YouTube here and there.

Other Stuff

This week at work, I cleared my desk which was covered in paper and other random junk. I’ve mostly cleared everything, still got some piles of things to go through but mostly cleared and it feels so good to have a nice clean desk again. I am also planning on doing the same with my desk at home but I just need to get around to taking everything off it and properly cleaning it, maybe in next week’s Week Notes I’ll have an update on this one.

Conclusion

And that’s about it for this week’s Week Notes. It doesn’t feel like I’ve done much, but I have got a lot done during the week.

So with that, that’s all from me today, I catch you all in the next one. BYE!!!