thursday redefining the second in terms of wavelengths of a standard pineapple
still nippy
ride, cafes, bit of gmcing, more lazing
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Early walk and finish packing for work stuff few days0
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Hazy sunny slightly nippy.
Today I will be mowstly planting Cornflower 'Amethyst' and creocoating* and weeding.
*Creoseal or Creocoat are the options since the EU banned the sale of Creosote.
Did they work out the lifespan of wood that was Creosoted vs the lifespan of the wood with the modern gubbins 'cos I am positive that the latter much is less and you end up using more of it.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Early start, easy journey, now avec coffee and waiting for friends to show up at Eurotunnel.
Operation Brock on M20 between J8-9, lots of miles, had precisely zero HGVs waiting.0 -
Morning. Repeat of last two days. WFW. Really fing busy this week. And next.
Commute by bike again. It's really fing cold for end of April. Was 4degrees when I left this morning. Back in winter gear.Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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Less cold up here today.
Going to try running again at lunchtime.
Gym later.0 -
Hopefully not eating into the weekend...tlw1 said:work stuff few days
Up early, manged to sneak past snoozing hounds without setting them off. Busy morning on the old corporate hamster wheel, fortunately the Kingdom of Far Far Away has pretty over a whole week off starting tomorrow so might get a bit more peace for a bit. I'll just chuck a few grenades back over the wall to give them something to think about while they're away
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Last day for now of working from the countryside. Driving back at 5:30, hopefully back in London for 9. Took the doggo out for her before-bed ablutions last night. Absolutely silent at 10 p.m. Eerily silent. Also, it's a dark sky conservation area here, so tripped over a hump in the road.0
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Site meeting sorted, lunch was typical service station fayre. Lets hope MrsHD has something better for dinner.
Gym later followed by an early night - riding beckons on Friday morning.Advocate of disc brakes.0 -
They should put a ton of streetlights up to stop that sort of thing. You could've been killed.beansnikpoh said:Last day for now of working from the countryside. Driving back at 5:30, hopefully back in London for 9. Took the doggo out for her before-bed ablutions last night. Absolutely silent at 10 p.m. Eerily silent. Also, it's a dark sky conservation area here, so tripped over a hump in the road.
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I know right...thistle_ said:
They should put a ton of streetlights up to stop that sort of thing. You could've been killed.beansnikpoh said:Last day for now of working from the countryside. Driving back at 5:30, hopefully back in London for 9. Took the doggo out for her before-bed ablutions last night. Absolutely silent at 10 p.m. Eerily silent. Also, it's a dark sky conservation area here, so tripped over a hump in the road.
Also, more sirens, trains, popping turbo chargers, shouting drunks and general traffic noise required.
It was a clear night last night, and the person whose house we are staying in has a telescope. I couldn't work it, but the thought was there.0 -
beansnikpoh said:
Last day for now of working from the countryside. Driving back at 5:30, hopefully back in London for 9. Took the doggo out for her before-bed ablutions last night. Absolutely silent at 10 p.m. Eerily silent. Also, it's a dark sky conservation area here, so tripped over a hump in the road.
you're gonna miss it B3 - the silence is addictive. just being away from people - #sheerjoy
give you 6 months until you decamp down there perms, innit.
.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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go and nail a searchlight to it. or an air raid siren.thistle_ said:
They should put a ton of streetlights up to stop that sort of thing. You could've been killed.beansnikpoh said:Last day for now of working from the countryside. Driving back at 5:30, hopefully back in London for 9. Took the doggo out for her before-bed ablutions last night. Absolutely silent at 10 p.m. Eerily silent. Also, it's a dark sky conservation area here, so tripped over a hump in the road.
.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Mini will be at school in Wimbledon for another 7 years after this one. I also have to be be in the office at least 2 days per week at the moment, which I think will increase to at least 3.MattFalle said:beansnikpoh said:Last day for now of working from the countryside. Driving back at 5:30, hopefully back in London for 9. Took the doggo out for her before-bed ablutions last night. Absolutely silent at 10 p.m. Eerily silent. Also, it's a dark sky conservation area here, so tripped over a hump in the road.
you're gonna miss it B3 - the silence is addictive. just being away from people - #sheerjoy
give you 6 months until you decamp down there perms, innit.
Mrs B3 will be down here quite a bit I think, but it's a foot in both worlds for my foreseeable future. I'm going to get an OS map and a compass and plan some moorland hiking loops. Also MTB.0 -
6 months. good schools down there as well......
compass? nah - you want gps my friend no one uses compasses any more......The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Just found out from someone doing a spot of reading the financial press that our gloriously communicative parent company has splashed out about half a billion quid on buying a competitor and they didn't think to tell us. And now they've all naffed off on a week long public holiday so we're none the wiser. Wunderbar."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
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You don't have to go that far to get a bit of peace.MattFalle said:beansnikpoh said:Last day for now of working from the countryside. Driving back at 5:30, hopefully back in London for 9. Took the doggo out for her before-bed ablutions last night. Absolutely silent at 10 p.m. Eerily silent. Also, it's a dark sky conservation area here, so tripped over a hump in the road.
you're gonna miss it B3 - the silence is addictive. just being away from people - #sheerjoy
give you 6 months until you decamp down there perms, innit."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
yeah, but its nice innit..
The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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True, but there a balance between living somewhere ar enough out to be peaceful but not being so far out that the locals have webbed fingers.MattFalle said:yeah, but its nice innit.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
lost count of the times someone with a gps (with mapping) has asked me which way to go - it tells them where they are, but they're still effectively lost - even happens in the middle of london, can't read a street sign let alone terrainMattFalle said:6 months. good schools down there as well......
compass? nah - you want gps my friend no one uses compasses any more.....
not that long ago evolution would've edited out their genes, now they'll live to spawn
for benign places like uk, much prefer compass+map, and leave the electronics at home, more fun
off for squiffy evening with old eurochum, chin chin
compasses are lovely
my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny0 -
...my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny0
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looking back, agree - take both. good fun to work out where you are then double check - sense of smugness.sungod said:
lost count of the times someone with a gps (with mapping) has asked me which way to go - it tells them where they are, but they're still effectively lost - even happens in the middle of london, can't read a street sign let alone terrainMattFalle said:6 months. good schools down there as well......
compass? nah - you want gps my friend no one uses compasses any more.....
not that long ago evolution would've edited out their genes, now they'll live to spawn
for benign places like uk, much prefer compass+map, and leave the electronics at home, more fun
off for squiffy evening with old eurochum, chin chin
compasses are lovely
still useful just to look at your wrist when its cold, dark, raining and you are totally, utterly shattered.....The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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yeah, i'm strictly talking benign environmentsMattFalle said:
looking back, agree - take both. good fun to work out where you are then double check - sense of smugness.sungod said:
lost count of the times someone with a gps (with mapping) has asked me which way to go - it tells them where they are, but they're still effectively lost - even happens in the middle of london, can't read a street sign let alone terrainMattFalle said:6 months. good schools down there as well......
compass? nah - you want gps my friend no one uses compasses any more.....
not that long ago evolution would've edited out their genes, now they'll live to spawn
for benign places like uk, much prefer compass+map, and leave the electronics at home, more fun
off for squiffy evening with old eurochum, chin chin
compasses are lovely
still useful just to look at your wrist when its cold, dark, raining and you are totally, utterly shattered....
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Had that yesterday with a colleague. The place was right in front of ussungod said:
lost count of the times someone with a gps (with mapping) has asked me which way to go - it tells them where they are, but they're still effectively lost - even happens in the middle of london, can't read a street sign let alone terrainMattFalle said:6 months. good schools down there as well......
compass? nah - you want gps my friend no one uses compasses any more.....
GPS + phone map is great for knowing where you are, but (On my phone at least) a bit rubbish for working out direction as the built in compass is iffy and GPS only knows which way you're heading when you start heading somewhere (like, the wrong direction).
And, the non electronic compass works when your phone suddenly goes flat because the windchill is -10 degrees. It's never happened to me on a foggy mountain, honest
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OS maps on phones are hopeless. You can’t get a sense of where you are even though you can pinpoint your exact location. You need to see a bigger area so you zoom out but it gets so small you can’t see naff all. Give me an OS Explorer and a Silva compass any day. I can spend hours sat in a tent, in the rain with a cuppa tea looking at my maps.
Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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3 hrs 20, Mrs B³ insisted on stopping for a disgusting McDo's and a p1ss. Bloody other people in the car, ruining my keep on trucking preference. She also took us on some sat nav inspired 2 minute saving trip down some tiny lanes to avoid Taunton. Stupid bloody sat nav.
Eeeh, I did the pennine way from Tan Hill to the Cheviots when I were a lad with t'map and compass and tent on back. Plus lots of snowdonia. Not done it for years save a few day hikes in the peaks. Therefore never even considered a GPS.0 -
I have never used a sat nav. Ever.
There is one in the Porker and I haven't activated* it.
*Some sort of Porsche registration or summat, I don't know how that works.
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