David Watkin
@daitweeds.bsky.social
Public Health registrar in NE Scotland. MBChB, MPH, MFPH, that sort of thing. BMA PHMC. Cymro, Munro-botherer, rugby-obsessive (🐯/🏴/🔴🌑), chess-amateur, football guy (🐺), gŵr a tad, Scandi-fancier.
You learn something new every day.
April 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
You learn something new every day.
At a Health Protection training day.
“So what software have you used for drawing your epicurve?”
Me:
“So what software have you used for drawing your epicurve?”
Me:
March 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
At a Health Protection training day.
“So what software have you used for drawing your epicurve?”
Me:
“So what software have you used for drawing your epicurve?”
Me:
2024? Pretty chill, tbh.
Happy Hogmanay all. See you next year.
Happy Hogmanay all. See you next year.
December 31, 2024 at 5:22 PM
2024? Pretty chill, tbh.
Happy Hogmanay all. See you next year.
Happy Hogmanay all. See you next year.
Can confirm, this hasn’t turned on my creativity. It has made some toast though.
December 31, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Can confirm, this hasn’t turned on my creativity. It has made some toast though.
Fantastic day at #NHSGrampian Community Appointment Day, developing new ways of delivering our Chronic Pain service.
November 27, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Fantastic day at #NHSGrampian Community Appointment Day, developing new ways of delivering our Chronic Pain service.
Lunchtime winter-walks may be the best thing about working from home.
November 20, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Lunchtime winter-walks may be the best thing about working from home.
An Orcadian blue sky for #BlueSky.
I love this photo, taken on the beach on Hoy. Little did we know that:
a) my “sore foot” was a first presentation of gout, and a long hike on a hot day left me virtually immobile.
b) our peppercorn-sized baby daughter had joined us for the walk.
I love this photo, taken on the beach on Hoy. Little did we know that:
a) my “sore foot” was a first presentation of gout, and a long hike on a hot day left me virtually immobile.
b) our peppercorn-sized baby daughter had joined us for the walk.
November 15, 2024 at 3:01 PM
An Orcadian blue sky for #BlueSky.
I love this photo, taken on the beach on Hoy. Little did we know that:
a) my “sore foot” was a first presentation of gout, and a long hike on a hot day left me virtually immobile.
b) our peppercorn-sized baby daughter had joined us for the walk.
I love this photo, taken on the beach on Hoy. Little did we know that:
a) my “sore foot” was a first presentation of gout, and a long hike on a hot day left me virtually immobile.
b) our peppercorn-sized baby daughter had joined us for the walk.
So we did a thing, and it was excellent.
November 8, 2024 at 2:31 PM
So we did a thing, and it was excellent.
I hate to be pedantic* but 1600°C is not sixteen-times hotter than 100°C. That’s not how temperature works. Something that’s 0°C doesn’t have zero temperature.
Convert to Kelvin, your kettle is 373°K, your sparkler is 1873°K. So “only” five-times hotter. Either way, be careful.
Convert to Kelvin, your kettle is 373°K, your sparkler is 1873°K. So “only” five-times hotter. Either way, be careful.
October 20, 2024 at 9:15 AM
I hate to be pedantic* but 1600°C is not sixteen-times hotter than 100°C. That’s not how temperature works. Something that’s 0°C doesn’t have zero temperature.
Convert to Kelvin, your kettle is 373°K, your sparkler is 1873°K. So “only” five-times hotter. Either way, be careful.
Convert to Kelvin, your kettle is 373°K, your sparkler is 1873°K. So “only” five-times hotter. Either way, be careful.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #738,415!
September 17, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #738,415!
I was so lucky to have 11 weeks off with Hannah and Cora. We need to recognise that paternity leave is important for the wellbeing of babies, mums and dads.
September 17, 2024 at 7:29 AM
I was so lucky to have 11 weeks off with Hannah and Cora. We need to recognise that paternity leave is important for the wellbeing of babies, mums and dads.
Thank you; her own food journey starts here…
August 24, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Thank you; her own food journey starts here…
Life is busy and exhausting at the moment, and I think I've identified the culprit.
August 14, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Life is busy and exhausting at the moment, and I think I've identified the culprit.
We have a new housemate, and her name is Coraline. She’s lovely beyond words.
February 26, 2024 at 12:42 PM
We have a new housemate, and her name is Coraline. She’s lovely beyond words.
Myself and McF take this exact same photo every year, and we’re still not bored of it.
February 11, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Myself and McF take this exact same photo every year, and we’re still not bored of it.
An up-and-down 2023 on the chessboard, but definite improvement. Hopefully more to come in 2024!
January 1, 2024 at 7:14 PM
An up-and-down 2023 on the chessboard, but definite improvement. Hopefully more to come in 2024!
New house, three more Munros, Lofoten, Orkney, Yorkshire, a whole heap of Scotland, and a heroic amount of dicking about with Hannah. 2023 hasn’t been bad all told. Here’s to an entirely uneventful 2024 with no major events etc.
December 31, 2023 at 10:55 PM
New house, three more Munros, Lofoten, Orkney, Yorkshire, a whole heap of Scotland, and a heroic amount of dicking about with Hannah. 2023 hasn’t been bad all told. Here’s to an entirely uneventful 2024 with no major events etc.
Scotland’s looking well.
October 28, 2023 at 9:41 PM
Scotland’s looking well.
Late to the party, as always.
David, 38, Public Health registrar in north east Scotland. Recovering paediatrician, ex-X, big fan of a Munro, a chess board and a Doctor Strange comic.
David, 38, Public Health registrar in north east Scotland. Recovering paediatrician, ex-X, big fan of a Munro, a chess board and a Doctor Strange comic.
August 26, 2023 at 7:38 AM
Late to the party, as always.
David, 38, Public Health registrar in north east Scotland. Recovering paediatrician, ex-X, big fan of a Munro, a chess board and a Doctor Strange comic.
David, 38, Public Health registrar in north east Scotland. Recovering paediatrician, ex-X, big fan of a Munro, a chess board and a Doctor Strange comic.