An Aside

While the walking is going well, I have still not managed to get very far in the blogging. Part of this is because I am very lazy but also because I have been working on some programming for my XBOX.

For those unfamiliar with the glory that is XBMC Click Here for More Info. As part of the system developers can create their own scripts, my first attempt is a script to create a playlist of the latest CNET TV shows so they all appear when I start up my XBOX as I try to move away from TV toward the internet.

The file can be found here. To install just unzip + copy into the scripts directory under the XBMC installation.

I am working on a script that brings up the guitar tab for the song that is currently playing but I will try to get a posting about the journey to curcumnavigate Kernow before July.

An Explanation

Hi, welcome to A Summer Around Cornwall.

The Idea.

Tackle as much of the Cornish stretches of South West Costal Footpath as possible in one summer.

The Motivation

At the beginning of Mach 2008 my girlfriend decided that we should go our separate ways. Whilst this was mostly a bad thing it did give me the opportunity to actually do things over the weekend again + start on some long term projects.

Added to the weekend freedom, my friend Jon is getting married in Italy at the beginning of August and my initial thoughts on getting there were to travel to Spain + take a week of walking, site seeing + public transport traveling.

It’s a long way from Gerona to La Spezia, I would need to carry a tent, sleeping bag + sufficient clothes for the journey and the last serious walking I had done was in Scouts over 10 years ago. So one Saturday I dusted off my hiking gear packed up my old kit bag + headed out.