By the time I'd
re-programmed my Wherigo I didn't get to bed until gone 1am.
Consequently I slept like a log last night.
Over brekkie I saw that
my Wherigo had received the official thumbs-up. I was pleased about
that. Now I can start thinking about making the next one. I then
sorted out the astro club's money. In a novel break with tradition,
in my post-club-meeting tallly up I had exactly as much money as I
thought I should have on the first counting. Usually it takes several
attempts to sort it out.
For all that I have a
degree in mathematics, I can't actually count.
I then went down the
road; I had an appointment with the doctor. I've had a lump in my
throat which has been slowly getting bigger and bigger. I went along
expecting the worst, and the doc didn't actually say it wasn't the
worst. She's given me some antibiotics and if the thing doesn't right
itself in a week I'm too go back to see her.
I came home via the
chemist (for antibiotics) and the bakery (for Belgian
buns).
I collected "Furry
Face TM" and we went for a walk. As we
went along Christchurch Road we found a supermarket trolley blocking
the pavement. It was from Asda (over half a mile away) and it
contained a fire extinguisher. What was that all about?
We carried on through
the park; we met an Irish Wolfhound. Surprisingly my little dog
didn't show his usual "little dog syndrome";
instead he was scared. The big dog did nothing in any way
threatening, but Fudge wouldn't leave my side. Mind you I say he was
scared. Perhaps he was feeling under the weather.He'd had several
bouts of dire rear whilst we were out. (I blame the squirty-cream
I gave him yesterday)
Just as we came past
Singleton Lake my phone beeped to tell me a new geocache had gone
live. As luck would have it we were actually walking in the thing's
general direction. The chance of a First to Find had appeared. It
meant going a mile out of our way (and a mile back again), but
what are FTFs for if not to chase?
We waddled round to try
to find it; we took fifteen minutes to get to the cache site and
another half an hour to actually have the thing in my hand. I was
about to give up and sulk when inspiration came from a most unusual
source. I was the first one to find it. Happy dance.
Five minutes later as we
were walking home we met someone else who had been chasing the FTF...
On our way home I
noticed a footpath near Singleton school that I'd not seen before.
This path seemed to go in the general direction in which we neeeded
to go, so we explored. We discovered Singleton
Manor; a rather posh moated manor house. I had no idea that it
was there. And it was only a mile from home. It's amazing what you
miss.
As we came home we also
discovered a private hedge. One can only wonder what prompts someone
to put up a notice to tell the public that a hedge is private.
Once home "Furry
Face TM" had a shower to wash the dirt
from his tummy, and I had my Belgian bun for lunch. It wasn't the
freshest I've ever had. And then I went to bed at 1pm.
I had been given the
opportunity to go to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich with friends
today. I could have gone to Hastings with "er indoors TM"
and"Daddies Little Angel TM" to
visit my mummy. But being on the night shift tonight meant for a
relatively quiet day; so bed it was.
I slept surprisingly
well, and woke to find tthat it was as well I'd spent the afternoon
in bed. While I'd been fast asleep the weather had turned, and there
was heavy rain outside. I then spent a little while learning more
about .lua codes for my next Wheri-project.
I'm feeling rather
ambitious and ahve a plan to devise a GPS game which will take a
couple of hours, involving all sorts of tasks and activities and is
(quite frankly) well beyond my .lua coding skills. But I
shall have a go. Idiot enthusiasm usually trumps common sense.
I'm off to the night
shift now (via Morrisons)...
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