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Mechanica – board game with jigsaw factories and robot vacuum cleaners. Utterly delightful.

Mechanica – board game with jigsaw factories and robot vacuum cleaners. Utterly delightful. 20201018

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Lately this is mostly a feed of no, I have had it with feeds, let’s make this site actually have the things I get up to, and find interesting, amusing or timewasting in other places.

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You can find me on goodreads, flickr, twitter, facebook, ravelry and pinterest among others, but I’m more at home here in my own space than in those other places.

Quick Clips

Really enjoying reading about this family’s cycling adventures! 20210401

Astronaut: word invented by NASA in 1958. 20210330

OSX is 20?! Yet another thing makes me feel super old! 20210329

Amazing time lapse of the growth of London since Roman times, I’m impressed with how easily understandable the information is. 20210327

is the ship still stuck? (I love a good single issue website!) 20210326

It’s amazing that this view of our blue marble is so familiar to us, when only 24 people have ever seen it like this with their own eyes. 20210324

Good to be reminded that data is something created, it doesn’t simply exist. And in making decisions based on it you need to remember the how and why of its creation. 20210323

Some fab data visualisation on the effect of lockdown on virus rates in the UK. 20210320

Holmfirth Town Tour… in Minecraft! 20210315

The Evolution of the Oval Office decor. The total lack of correlation between presidents I’ve liked and decor I like is fascinating. 20210315

Recently Read

An Unsuitable Match by Joanna Trollope.

Venus in Copper (Marcus Didius Falco, #3) by Lindsey Davis.

Without Prejudice: Black Britain: Writing Back by Nicola Williams.

The Other Passenger by Louise Candlish.

S is for Silence (Kinsey Millhone, #19) by Sue Grafton.

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Spin 🚲 along the Dearne Valley, found the sunsh

Spin 🚲 along the Dearne Valley, found the sunshine 🌞 between the snow ⛄️ showers. Then the ❄️ snow showers caught up with me. 🥶#electricbike #pedelec #nationalcyclenetwork #ncn67 #ncn62 #oxygenbicycles

Emley Moor TV mast was in situ today (unlike last

Emley Moor TV mast was in situ today (unlike last time I rode up there in the November fog...). Hurray! #electricbike #pedelec #oxygenbicycles #yorkshire #welcometoyorkshire

🚵🏻‍♀️🥳1000 miles of ebiking. Had t

🚵🏻‍♀️🥳1000 miles of ebiking. Had the bike for six months and a week. Didn’t actually stop or take pictures at Cannon Hall as it was heaving with people 👪🦠😳. #ebikes #pedelec #oxygenbicycles #nationalcyclenetwork

Avoided the tow path on the way home as I was alre

Avoided the tow path on the way home as I was already muddy enough for one morning! #caldervalleygreenway #nationalcyclenetwork #ncn66 #electricbikes #oxygenbicycles

Bonne Route. Gute Reise. #penninecycleway #ebikes

Bonne Route. Gute Reise. #penninecycleway #ebikes #nationalcyclenetwork #ncn68 #pedelecs #oxygenbicycles

☀️ 🚲 😁 #ncn68 #ncn62 #nationalcyclenetwo

☀️ 🚲 😁 #ncn68 #ncn62 #nationalcyclenetwork #pedelec #ebike #oxygenbicycles #penninecycleway

Shiny clean bike with a new chain and rear brake.

Shiny clean bike with a new chain and rear brake. Would’ve been rude to drive it all the way home without stopping to let it have a spin. #ncn627 #ncn67 #wharncliffewoods #riverdon #nationalcyclenetwork #oxygenbicyles #pedelecs #electricbike

Happy 16th Birthday Miranda!

Happy 16th Birthday Miranda!

Hello February. Still frosty but actual shadows ha

Hello February. Still frosty but actual shadows have appeared on the ground. ☀️

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