On Tuesday I went for a little
geo-stroll with some friends. For a week or so before we'd been tearing our
hair out about a rather tricky geo-puzzle. From the position of the icon on the
map we thought we might be passing near it, but we couldn't solve the puzzle.
I posted some photos of our walk on
Tuesday, and last night whilst at work I got a message that the chap who'd set
that puzzle cache had seen my photos, and that we'd walked right past it. In fact,
I'd taken one of my photos whilst almost standing on the thing.
That's what I like about geocaching; you
have no idea that the things are there.
Also whilst I worked there was mention on
the radio about the fascination that the British public have with Nazi Germany.
Did you know there are people who collect spoons made by the third Reich? You
can buy books about the subject on
Amazon.
I came home, and it wasn’t long before "Daddy’s
Little Angel TM" and "Stormageddon - Bringer of
Destruction TM" and Sam arrived to help me with the broken
fence panel. "Stormageddon - Bringer of Destruction TM"
caused mayhem by nearly falling in the garden pond, but after a little messing
about we get the new fence panel in place. I then walked home with them; it
gave "Furry Face TM" a walk. And it gave me some
company. Much as I like the time off that goes with the night shifts, doing the
night shifts can be rather lonely.
As we walked home I couldn’t believe the queues
of traffic waiting to get into the designer outlet village. It is probably one
of the most popular shopping destinations in the South East; I think the place
is rather over-rated. But that didn’t stop the traffic queuing in all
directions to get there.
And then I went to bed for a bit… Four hours
later I got up and over a late brekkie I watched last night’s episode of “The Young Pope”. I’m still not entirely
sure what is going on, and for a program about the Catholic Church it has far
too many tits. But it makes for entertaining viewing.
A quick McDonalds (too many calories) then it was time for this month’s astro club.
Attendance was noticeably down this time. Possibly due to the talk – personally
I was fascinated by the lecture on gravitational waves, but I can see that some
people mind find if off-putting. For myself I find the attitude of one of our
members somewhat off-putting. Having disagreed with her on a matter of some
triviality some years ago she now makes a point of blanking me whenever she
sees me, and has ordered her husband to do the same. Several people have commented
on this. It is getting rather tiresome now…
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