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Hey Ho, Let’s TGO
… or, as in my case, not.
The early results for the draw are in and Twitter is full of delight and disappointment from those who either have or have not made it into the 2012 TGO Challenge hike. Congratulations to all who made the cut and fingers firmly crossed for those of you on the waiting list.
I didn’t submit an application for 2012 – sparing the time each year is difficult for me and not at all fair on The Lovely Emma, who doesn’t join me on longer hikes – but 2013 or 14 will be duly pencilled-in. In the meantime, 2012 might see a holiday with Em and, of course, the UK Games Expo in May. We had planned to attend the Expo together, a fine plan sadly scuppered by the convention clashing with the Eurovision Song Contest: The Lovely Emma has clear priorities.
Meanwhile…
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Blogroll
- Ever Decreasing Girdle My better half
Cycling
- Copenhagenize Because life’s better by bike.
- Pashley Cycles Makers of my previous bike, aka “The Vicar”
- Revolve MCR First-rate mobile bicycle repairs in Manchester.
Gaming & Fiction
- Flying Buffalo Inc. Home of my first great gaming love, Tunnels & Trolls
- Forgotten Futures Marcus L. Rowland’s game of scientific romances and futuristic speculation, with a wealth of period articles and stories.
- Nick Marsh Author, Gamer, Bon Viveur
- RPGMP3 Podcasting gaming audio since before the dawn of time, give or take a few years.
- Tékumel The endlessly enthralling world of the Petal Throne
- Yog-Sothoth Venerable repository of lore pertaining to the author H.P. Lovecraft, his stories and the games based upon them. I’m a co-host of their Silver Lodge podcast.
Mental Health
- Black Dog Tribe Growing resource and network for sufferers of depression.
- Mind Website for the major mental health charity.
Music
- Ape Andy Partridge’s Ape music label
- Eagle Music Shop A rather splendid place to buy a ukulele.
- Professor Elemental Brighton’s foremost Victorian steampunk hip hop MC
- The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra
- Ukulele Hunt Excellent ukulele website with lots of tips, songs and a great podcast to boot.
Outdoorsy
- JJ's Stuff Beware this man…
- Locomountaineer
- M&G Go For A Walk The delightful Mick & Gayle™ and their perpetual peregrinations
- Minimal Gear
- Must Be This Way Andy Howell’s engaging walking blog
- Shed Dweller's Moments
- Summit and Valley
- The New Nomads Kimberlie Dame’s lyrical, occasionally trans-Atlantic outdoors blog
Uneasily Fitting the Other Categories
- Fez-o-Rama Far and away the finest, funkiest fezzes around.