"Well, OK, it's a change", said Lucy as we walked across another field in another country. I detected an element of sarcasm in her voice - which is not easy to do when you are talking to a dog - which was completely undeserved. "Can you see any frozen lakes?", I asked. She didn't seem … Continue reading Around The World In Eighty Words : 5. CHANGE
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Around The World In Eighty Words : 4. SAKE
"For heaven's sake, it's not just bad luck, it was a terrible selection". I was quite pleased with my ability to string together our latest three word geolocation code to make an apposite sentence. Lucy, my dog, was less pleased with the implied criticism, but that was the least of our worries. We had been transported from Honduras, with … Continue reading Around The World In Eighty Words : 4. SAKE
Around The World In Eighty Words : 3. LUCK
"You call this luck!", Lucy said with the kind of sneer only a dog could deliver. In her defence, it has to be said that we were tracking through a tropical rain forest in the middle of the day, miles from anyone and with only a few outrageously large insects for company. It should also … Continue reading Around The World In Eighty Words : 3. LUCK
Around The World In Eighty Words : 2. SELECTION
"Good God, it's hot!", said Lucy. "Stop complaining", I replied, "and while we are at it, watch your language, they're very religious in these parts, there are mosques all over the place". "I'm entitled to my opinion", countered Lucy, somewhat defensively. "You might well be entitled to an opinion", I said, "but you're not entitled … Continue reading Around The World In Eighty Words : 2. SELECTION
Around The World In Eighty Words : 1 SHORT
"What is it?", said Lucy. "It's more a question of what was it", I replied philosophically. "It could have been corn, it might have been hay, even possibly wheat; but right now it is stubble, and more to the point, it digs into your ankles". "Tell me about it", whined Lucy, "I've got twice as … Continue reading Around The World In Eighty Words : 1 SHORT
Around The World In Eighty Words : START
You know what it's like. You've had a drink or two too many, you are on the edge of being bored, Coronation Street is not what it was, you want to broaden your horizons ...... so you get into one of those "I bet I could" conversations. I would like to say that it was … Continue reading Around The World In Eighty Words : START
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