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There's a nice bit of countryside near Cheltenham under threat of "development" so I went out for what might be my last look before it becomes "Elms Park" - without any elms at all. View to Elmstone Hardwicke church Dog Bark Lane - ripe for improvement Excellent residential development potential There will be a culvert here Links Local protest group Developer site

My eye was caught by this story of yet another revival of the Airship although marketting have decreed it be called the "Airlander". In particualr, I noticed they were being kept in giant hangers at Cardington near Bedford. I was passing the place recently and made a detour

Went to a wedding in Cambridge and took in some of the local culture. For those of you in a hurry, this picture sums it up.   Yes, the culture really does seem to revolve around bicycles and posters with some boozing. The boozing is rather small scale compared to the other two though In these environmentally conscious days, the bicycles I can understand but I began to wonder if the Internet just hadn't reached Cambridge yet? Have they not heard of Tweetdeck?  Here's a picture of a local doing the Cambridge version of posting to Facebook Even St John Ambulance are different here Then in Clare College I found evidence that tentative first experiments with the Internet are underway I also found a clue as to why Douglas Adams was so down on beings that think that digital watches are a pretty neat idea. In Cambridge, where he took his degree, they don't just do sundials, they do seriously geeky sundials Another intriguing find was this faded mural outsid...