I spent a little while
playing with the maps this morning over brekkie. I'm still working on
planning our road trip for later in the year; Dave had suggested
Avebury in Wiltshire as a rather scenic place to stop off. Through
the wonders of Google technology I have determined that Avebury is
only three hours away. We could set off shortly after brekkie and be
there for late morning. We could then spend an afternoon and an
evening playing tourist, doss down somewhere overnight (Swindon or
Devizes look good), and be in Tintagel in Cornwall for lunch the
next day. All that remains is to find somewhere we haven't been in
Dorset for the way back, and the plan will be complete.
Off to work; as I drove
the talk on the radio was about how half the country is now fair
game to be fracked. It would seem there are untold fossil fuels
waiting to be had from a mile or so underground. Mind you the experts
being interviewed were under the impression that current fracking
technology is only good for getting about five per cent of the stuff
to the surface. Another pundit pointed out that the sunlight falling
on the planet in one hour is more than enough to meet our energy
requirements for a year, and then went on to whinge about how
inefficiently we are using solar panels.
It strikes me that common
sense says it's better to use solar power and wind and wave power
than to pollute the world by pumping up gunge which is best left
buried, but what do I know?
I stopped off in
Morrisons on my way to work, did shopping, went to work, and came
home again. I walked "Furry Face TM"
round the park. Yesterday was the "Create" music
festival in the park. In the past the park has been left in a
terrible state; today it didn't look *too* bad. Last night's
rains have gone some way to restoring the scorch marks left by the
disposable barbecues.
We got home and I got
the hose pipe put away just before the rain started. And with "er
indoors TM" off bowling I had a rather
busy evening. More work on the astro club's survey, sussing out the
takings at last Friday's astro club, ironing shirts and generally
skivvying.
Rather dull really...
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