The research groups I am now associated with are a fantastic bunch: smart, funny, collegial, and, as it turns out, friendly. I actually looked forward to spending a little time with them at the Bratby, the pub in Staff House across from our labs (compare this with my leaving drinks write-up from Oxford).
However, this was technically a work thingy and there are privacy issues involved. Lovely conversations ensued and it was good to get to know the folk I spend my days with in a less formal setting. They are all younger than some of my High School classmates’ grandkids, though, so this probably won’t turn into a regular thing but it will be nice on the rare occasion.
Endless British Pub Crawl (Part 3) 