I’m not really a Linkedin post kind of guy, but I’m very pleased to be stepping into a new professional role as International Operations Director at Armada Merch. Having joined the company back in 2024 to lead the then nascent international tour team, I’ll now be bringing both sides of Armada’s international business under one operational remit – both E-Commerce and Tour services.
A little guitar project finished – swapping a Stratocaster next on to a baritone Telecaster.
Some Kyoto leftovers
Some film photos from a walk around Hampstead Heath a couple of weeks ago:
We went to Kyoto ostensibly to go to the Nintendo museum at their old factory outside the city, but had a really lovely few days exploring – trying to find…
A good few years ago now I was recommended Haruki Murakami’s book What I Talk About When I Talk About Running and it was genuinely pivotal in my persisting with running and, ultimately, starting to run marathons. In that book he talks about running laps of the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo, and whenever I’m here I try and make the effort to go and run that route.
Last week we went down to the coast of the Izu peninsula.
Mount Fuji from the Nagoya to Tokyo Shinkansen.
My favourite photo from the Japan trip so far. Walked past an open luxury taxi garage that was catching some perfect light.
Walked The Philosopher’s Path in Kyoto yesterday expecting it to be absolutely heaving with tourists (like everywhere else in Kyoto) and was delighted to find it almost completely quiet.
