Yesterday I mentioned
that being on the night shift meant I'd missed going to astro club.
As it turned out I was rather busy in the early evening and so didn't
actually realise what I was missing. But after midnight I managed to
sneak a break. I got out my trusty Samsung Galaxy S4 and (thanks
to the wonders of Android technology) I managed a crafty peek at
the astro club's Facebook page. Usually after an astro club meeting
that page is overflowing with glowing approbation about how wonderful
the meeting had been. Not last night. There wasn't a single word of
praise to be seen.
However that same Samsung
Galaxy S4 had a few messages for me about the astro club. The topic
of the evening had been billed as "Women in Astronomy"
but apparently it had actually been a ruse to present a misandrous
diatribe.
Perhaps it was as well
that I missed the meeting...
Having been on the night
shift really meant I should have gone to bed for the day, but the
chance to go for a geo-wander presented itself. Eight of us and two
small dogs mooched for several miles around Staplehurst. Despite
rather thick nettles, deep grass and over-familiar horses we had a
really good time. The girls and the dogs enjoyed walking each other
about, the dogs diddn't get *too* smelly, and with seven miles
of walk walked we had a couple of pints of Spitfire before sleeping
all the way home.
I
took a photo or two whilst we were out...
This was the third
outing for my new GPS unit; I wasn't impressed with the thing's
battery life; it was flat before we started, and during the day it
ran off of the back-up duracells.
It worked well whilst out
and about, but went on to have a few episodes once home; completely
failing to connect to the laptop.
And then on re-connecting
the battery with a view to charging it, the retainer for the memory
card dropped out. It looks to be physically broken, and will have to
go back to the shop.
I've already got a full
day planned for tomorrow..
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