mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Surviving widowhood through #running. After a 30-year career as a software engineer, then a teaching assistant at a primary school, now semi-retired. #Perl #Linux
#Brighton, East Sussex, UK
I spent a lovely, blue-skied morning walking around #Shoreham yesterday morning, surveying for #OpenStreetMap. The main purpose of the survey was shops and businesses but there was plenty of fascinating history too.
Just spotted this, right on my doorstep. Sunday 28 June for a trail half marathon (or 10k) taking in Mount Harry, Blackcap and Plumpton Ridge, with views down to Brighton and north over the Weald. Sounds fabulous and it actually runs most of my personal favourite half route backwards. #running #Brighton #SouthDowns
I took the opportunity to test out one of the shop checklists by @rjw62@en.osm.town today. Despite the warnings, Firefox on Linux coped just fine with the vertical spacing in the layout, so I didn't need to do anything funky like converting to PDF first. It worked very well, folded to a manageable A5 size. I was confused by the lack of ‘flags’ compared with the screen version, but grateful for their omission when all I really need in the street is house numbers, business name and type. #OpenStreetMap
Another #Shoreham survey and a possibly burned bonce, as I made absolutely no concessions to the blazing sun that I walked around in for 3½ hours. Today’s #OpenStreetMap walkabout was concentrating on street furniture. I found the most Shoreham recycling bin ever, dedicated to fishing line. I also learned that UPRNs and street addresses can be assigned to German minesweepers.