Trails
Went for a walk yesterday
and tried out Trails, an iPhone app that uses GPS
to plot your walk - or run, cycle or drive. One of the
most impressive things I thought was that, after
walking for an hour and a half, my battery life was
still above 85%. The downside is that you have to
leave the app open, but that’s an iPhone thing. After
the walk you can download any section of the map and
edit individual points of it. And the icing on the
cake is that you can import your trail into Google
Earth. It really is that easy. Well worth £2.39.
Spring
Finally
UK Snow Take 2
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Driving to Wales on Boxing Day
UK Snow
Wet...
....and muddy, soaked, squishy, bare,
saturated, brown, and just generally
miserable.
But there is
hope...
Finally.....
.... a morning with sunshine in it.
Hope it lasts. Bet it doesn’t (not cynical, just
realistic).
Firle
Firle is mentioned in the Domesday Book
and sits below the South Downs and Firle Beacon. Its wide
street is lined with beautiful stone cottages, including
a pub, local shop and school. All the essentials then.
And did you know that the name for the greengage comes
from the Gage family, the inhabitors of Firle Place since
the 15th century, one of whom introduced the (green)gage
to Britain? So there you go.
Draft Excluder - update
After a few (5) false
starts I've finally made a breakthrough. Although there's
still a long way to go.
The World Below by Sue Miller
In other news, I right royally c@cked up changing colours in my knitting so have had to start again, again. Third time lucky? Should be ready to keep next Christmas's drafts out.