Grasmere and Dunmail Raise

Just to wet your appetite, here is a beautiful photo taken by Ian during the 2009 tour.

Chunda Tours hits the fleshpots of Ambleside on Saturday 13th February. Larger stocks of XP and pork pies are being marshalled ready for dispatch to the Golden Rule. Ian and Howard will be arriving at around 1pm and then, as this is the second week end of the Six Nations Rugby,  hurrying over to the Sportsman Bar to watch Wales v Scotland. So Pete, we need you there for your impartial match appraisal.

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This autumn, the normally quiet streets of Wolverhampton will be echoing to the hurrying feet of Free Software, GNU/Linux enthusiasts as they head towards this year’s LUG Radio Live.
For the many local people including reporters form the infamous Express and Star, the event will go unnoticed. They will be unaware that this picturesque little city perched on an imposing hill will be the centre of a technological world event.

And now a word from the LUG Radio Team:

LugRadio Live 2009 is building up to be an awesome event with lots of mini things happening between now and the 24th October.
Some of you may have already seen/heard snippets of information that has released via IRC: !lrl2009, !lugradio, Identi.ca, Twitter etc. Now we need your help, LugRadio Live is only possible by the hard work and generosity of the Linux Community, over the years within Linux there has been a constant statement of “How can I contribute?” well now is your chance.

Talk about it, Blog about it, every IRC channel you’re in mention it, on a mailing list or forum? Post about it. Spread the word and get your friends, family, colleagues and enemies to come along. Do you know anyone who will want to give a talk or run an exhibition stand? Tell them to contact us.

No matter where you are in the world you know or have contact with someone who can attend LugRadio Live.

In return for your hard work we promise you a great day out for all the family (Keep in mind there maybe adult themes and language) some world class speakers, hundreds of Linux users, free give-aways, and stalls for you to spend all your hard earned cash plus the kudos of knowing you did your part to contribute.

Dick Turpin, Newgate UK

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I was struck when reading Wordsworth’s guide to the lake district, that he refers to Windermere as Winandermer. Where did this extra syllable come from and where did it go? Continue Reading »

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We often think of philosophy as a head in the clouds activity. As some one once said to me “It’s like f**rting ‘Annie Laurie’ backwards through a key hole- all very clever, but what’s the point!”.
Well you will see that I do think there is a point ( in fact more that one). So I will use these pages to put forward some reasons for bothering with the ideas of people in most cases long dead. Continue Reading »

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