So today it was cold, but dry. Ideal weather for a decent walk.
I managed to cover 4 miles today, mostly accidentally because York Bridge which leads into Regents Park was closed for repairs, and it necessitated a considerable detour to get to where I wanted to be.
On the other hand, the detour did include a lovely chat with a very hopeful squirrel, who unfortunately left disappointed!
I'm just about to do updates on the Euston page, and include two new ones - Marylebone and Regents Park.
Finally - the weather was dry enough (although a bit too cold still), to have a quick ride around locally on Twinkle. As usual, I had a list of several small villages to visit, but only managed two before my fingers felt like they were about to drop off. Unfortunately, Twinkle is old, small and basic, so he doesn't have the luxury of things like the heated handlebar grips that the other bikes have.
At least I got out.......................
First port of call was Warehorne. We visited the pub opposite the church before Christmas, for a family meal, and I thought the church looked interesting to say the least, but it was dark and it was unlit and locked at that time.
Today, however, it was open and inside is light and airy and quite surprising in its' content. It's also quite simple and plain in a lot of ways.
Second stop was Woodchurch, which is a village I know well anyway. Today being Tuesday, I knew the church would be open, because they have a community coffee morning.
It's a complete contrast to Warehorne - richly endowed and quite impressive. This one was also rewarding for me, and a very nice Gentleman pointed me towards Sir Eddie, who was my main reason for wanting to go there.
Who's Sir Eddie? You'll find out, when I update the page for Woodchurch in the Kent section!
I ended up taking a longer break than I wanted to over the festivities. I'm afraid the Dreaded Lurgy struck all and sundry, and I didn't feel like doing much for a while.
Then it was my turn this year to do all the cooking. American Daughter-in-Law took some time out, and went home for Christmas - first time she's managed it since she came to live over here. With Son having to go into his London Office frequently, it meant I had two very willing little helpers while I was doing the Christmas cooking!
I picked the wrong time of year to do all this re-organinising. However, in between Christmas shopping and everything else to do with the Festive season, I'm almost done. I'm on Derbyshire, and then there's just 5 more counties to do. .................................................................
And, there it is - done.
You can now select a county, and from there, select whichever city, town, village or feature interests you.
I think everything has transferred correctly, but it you do find a problem please leave me a message
Day 3 of the upgrade, and I've added Somerset, Shropshire, Scotland, Oxfordshire, Northumbria, Norfolk, and Middlesex.
The next section to do is London. That's going to take at least 3 days - especially as I'm hoping to get out on the bike for a while tomorrow, and then possibly a trip to London later in the week.
I seem to be doing 4 or 5 counties a day at the present.
So, today it was Tyne & Wear, Sussex, Surrey, Suffolk were done
Getting there slowly................................
So far, I've done Wales (took me ages), Warwickshire, West Midlands, Wiltshire and Yorkshire.
They all seem to be working the way I intended, but let me know if you come across anything that doesn't work
Onto the next one................................
As this blog gets larger and more detailed, it's becoming harder to manage, and even harder for viewers to negotiate.
I've been working out how to do things better, and gradually you will see the changes. It won't be quick, but I'll get there.
Starting from the bottom of the menu, I'll be changing the layout, so when you click on a county, you will only see a menu of the places covered, and clicking on each place name will take you just to that place, and no other.
I've just done the first one on the Yorkshire page (Aysgarth), and now I know how to do it, I'll get it done as soon as I can.
Not today though - it's cold, but sunny, and frost-free, so I'm off out on the bike (just for a ride, not to visit anywhere today)
I'm not doing much riding at the moment. Can't go too far on these short Winter days, as I have to be home before it gets dark - got a temporary night blindness thing going on.
That, and the fact that it was very icy this morning, made me decide to hop on the HS1 Javelin train to London, and visit the British Library exhibition rooms.
They have a great exhibition at the moment on the voice of medieval women - basically of beautiful illuminated books and manuscripts written by women who, at the time were treated more as chattels than equals.
They are very enlightening, and it shows that women then had to deal with many of the issues we women today have.
I've added a few samples to the chapter on the British Library (LONDON2), and others have been placed elsewhere if appropriate (e.g. a manuscript of part of the Canterbury Tales in the Chapter for Canterbury with the statue of Chaucer)
I have kept more back, which will be inserted as and when I visit other places.
Well it didn't, but i thought it might. Rain, that is. It was sunny but chilly when me and Graham left home. Hubby not very well, so I decided to let him rest and go for a ride. I should have ridden Twinkle, but at the last minute I opted for Graham, as the route I intended to take was nearly all main roads.
I was glad I did in the end, as when I got to Headcorn, the sky was as black as Dick Whittington's cat. So it was a bit of a quick look at the church and the top end of the High Street, and then run for home
However, the first stop was Biddenden (KENT1 page). The church had just closed when I got there, but the kind lady told me exactly when it would be open. Apparently it hosts the village library, and is open for two hours, three days a week, but not the same hours every day! I did have a good look round the village though.
From there, it was a quick 4 mile sprint to Headcorn (KENT2 page) I will need to return here as well. As you can see, I didn't have a lot of time to look around.
It's lovely being able to spend time really poking about the local area, but I look forward to when the weather and his health improve, because I really need to get further afield.
The disadvantage (sort of) doing all this local stuff, is that I will Shortly need to start a KENT3 page!
