Blogs from Slough, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2

Dear Richard Head the Manikin, :) I don't know quite how to tell you this, but our romance is over. I have found someone else. I think I first knew it when I saw your weird lung bags, then it just got worse with your strange plastic nose but it was when you started to freak my colleagues out when you were sitting on Mikes chair I knew you had to go. I'm sure you are man enough to see I would prefer a Resusitation Annie and what a bore you are, all the conversations, they were just one sided. I'm returning you in your box with your bag of parts. but I'm holding on to your photo, tshirt and cap as keepsakes and so I have something to dress Annie in. I want you to ... read more

Hi! And we're back - not entirely as expected, but with a new name, and some more ideas... We're now contemplating the Silk Road for the next in the Gray Railway Journeys series. As to how we approach it, that's a different matter - currently it's a similar approach to the trans-siberian. When do we want to go? Which places are critical? Is the route even viable? in answer to those questions: 1) slightly later thatn the Trans-Siberian - we think - weather to be further investigated! most likely late spring 2) Samarkand seems to be the most critical - so far.... 3) the route is viable, but at this point a little variable....further investigations required here too! and not via Iran currently - although my personal preference would be, given time, to take in locations ... read more

mapMyflickr - Map your flickr photosets in Google Earth is now live... www.mapmyflickr.com We've finished beta testing, so have now gone live. We're still constantly upgrading, so make sure you come back regularly, as we're imminently adding Google Maps support (so no need to have Google Earth installed). Come along and take a look - let us know what you think, and suggest what else you'd like to see!... read more

Google Earth/Flickr Picture Show OK, all is looking good! We now have a working flickr/google earth plugin. Peter has managed to put together a php script to allow Google Earth to dynamincally update from Flickr. What that means is that when we add new pictures, and have them geo-tagged (tagged with the location, according to GPS location) that they will be automatically show on Google Earth. http://tsr.no-ip.org/flickr.kml is the link, and all you need to do when you click on it is make sure you have Google Earth installed, then select "Open with Google Earth". It'll take up to a few minutes to update the photos, but then you'll find thumbnails of the photos in the locations they were taken, and clicking on them will give you a larger version...enjoy! (And well done Peter - he ... read more

So this is it! The point of no return; we dropped the bike off to James Cargo at Heathrow for shipping to Anchorage via Minniapolis and Chicago. For safety reasons the bike has to go with less than 2 litres of fuel, and nothing in the panniers. There is something very disconcerting about riding round the M25 with the range on the bike flashing ------ which is what it does after it drops below 1! The sat nav said still 6 miles to James Cargo, but we got there so all is well. Sitting in the wharehouse were a number of fellow travellers bikes including Paul's and Chris and Danielles already crated from their drop off in Manchester. We had arranged to meet Max a fellow traveller at Heathrow as he was dropping his bike off ... read more