Most of you will be aware that I returned from a 7-week sabbatical in mid-October and am now ploughing through a backlog of work which, surprisingly, didn’t reduce in size during my absence. The study break was great – productive in relation to my reason for going to the Netherlands (progressing my PhD study) as well as enjoyable. Delft is a beautiful city, and I had the opportunity to travel easily in the region of South Holland on my weekends. Art, cheese and water – a grea