Picture(s) of the day....

[CitroJim]

Loving the cone comments

Delighted to have saved all these old OS maps from a skip during my run early this morning

All perfectly legit as the skip had a big sign to say 'help yourself'... I did!

I'm particularly pleased with this 1967 Buckingham 1 inch - it covers Paggers and environs long before MK came along.

I love old maps I can loose myself in them for hours and hours, especially the older ones...

Apropos hoarding and related under discussion in another thread... To make room for these a load of books will be on their way to a charity shop today

[mickthemaverick]

I took a few books to the charity shop some years ago to make room for a few maps! Now look what's happened:

Own work

[CitroJim]

I took a few books to the charity shop some years ago to make room for a few maps! Now look what's happened:

I dream of a collection like that Mick That is awesome!

[Peter.N.]

You didn't run all of them this morning Jim?

Peter

[CitroJim]

You didn't run all of them this morning Jim?

That's for March when I run my first Ultra Marathon of the year Peter

I've just been told the most excellent BBC Timeshift documentary on OS mapping is on YouTube Allegedly no longer available on iPlayer...

I'll be watching it this evening... I watched it once on BBC4 and was captivated...

[mickthemaverick]

I used to fall asleep over my rally route planning maps, the ex-wife would tell callers I was OS napping!!

[CitroJim]

I used to fall asleep over my rally route planning maps, the ex-wife would tell callers I was OS napping!!

They do the opposite for me Mick... In fact now I'm unable to travel far I can dive into a map or two and pretend I'm enjoying a bit of travel...

In an area I don't know I try to picture it using the terrain detail shown on the map...

And I love studying old disused railway routes...

[mickthemaverick]

Sounds like you are an ideal competitor for table top rallies Jim!! I'll tell you all about them on Thursday!!

[CitroJim]

Sounds like you are an ideal competitor for table top rallies Jim!! I'll tell you all about them on Thursday!!

Yes, do Mick I do believe I could thoroughly enjoy those

[CitroJim]

Happy Valentines Day one and all

I spotted this lovely display in Bluebells Florists this morning during my run

I say it's all very romantically misty and ethereal out there this morning - others might say damp and dismal My pot's very much half full today

And I scored a Garmin badge for getting out there and running Magic

Garmin

[myglaren]

[CitroJim]

Pleased to see my favourite Low Pressure Sodium streetlight is still clinging onto life...

I'm wondering for how much longer...

A lovely frosty, crisp morning here today

[Peter.N.]

I'm afraid I have changed mine for an LED

Peter

[CitroJim]

I'm afraid I have changed mine for an LED

That's a terrible admission Peter I still miss the almost total eclipse of LP Sodium and its soothing and attractive yellow light... I still have one - an ex-MK streetlight head - should I need a fix... I fire it up occasionally

I love seeing them start up - the rosy glow of the Penning mixture to vaporise the sodium and the the slow rise to full brightness Poetry...

I find LEDs very harsh but have to admit they do a good job - whilst they work. I'm finding they are shockingly short-lived and fail regularly around here and the council take ages to fix them. Same with our LED traffic lights... Many MK ones have one or two aspects 'out' and they blame a spares shortage... Never an issue when they used halogen filament bulbs...

Even in town, I need to wear my head torch when running in the dark simply because so many lights are out. Never had that problem with the old Sodium ones...

[mickthemaverick]

What is it they say about white van drivers?

Own work