About

With a blog entitled “Rough against Rough” there is always a concern that it will be mistaken for a porn site. If that is what you are looking for, feel free to stay but I suspect you will be a disappointed.

The intention of this site is to be a platform for ideas to be aired so that they have the chance to develop into better ones. I firmly believe that most (perhaps all) good things develop through the process of trial,  large amounts of error, and with input from others (despite this being annoying at times). The title of the blog obviously alludes to this process as it is a bit like sandpaper polishing rough diamond.  Even though it can be extremely annoying to have your views challenged, and I resists it like the best of them, having a space for this to happen is hopefully useful.  

As the main controller and contributor the content of this blog will inevitably reflect my interests. These include but are not limited to: Engineering, economics, business,  governance, and golden retrievers (well dogs anyway). However, none of these interests provided a spur to start writing.

What kicked things off was when my wife and I found ourselves on a pilgrimage route called the Camino. This is an 800km walk across the top or Spain that people have been doing for 1000+ years. Friends wanted to know what was happening, I needed something to do in the down time, and it was suitable to have a framework to process what was happening. That particular series is under the Camino section but I suspect that over time the blog will have a significant focus on what I would call “living life”.

Although I think it is unlikely to happen, if you want to contribute something to this site please feel free. As long as the editor (i.e. me)  thinks it is appropriate, and you are prepared to have yourself identified, then this would be fantastic.

A final warning. By temperament and skill I find spelling and grammar a challenge . I try my best but inevitably there will be absolute howlers throughout this (in fact input into correcting this on the site would be great).  As a way of explaining my issues with this I leave you with the following image.