March 15, 2005
OS
Cate and I have our 10th anniversary next month. 10! holy crap! Despite all the old anniversary gift guides telling us that it is the "tin" anniversary we've decided to give each other the gift of a week+ trip to the U.K. Specifically to Cornwall. That photo... that's the cottage we have rented (for a surprisingly small amount of money). While thinking about going I realized I had not told one of my favorite people in the world whom I would be near:
Telsa, the sweet, smart, and funny woman who, along with husband Alan taught me the rules of Rugby. Yesterday I found Telsa online and she started filling my window with loads of great suggestions of places to visit (her sister lives in Cornwall... who knew!?!). However, the one thing she told me about that took up so much of my time since then was the Ordnance Survey website.
Most countries have a map survey bureau but damn, the U.K. has a great one! The "Explorer" map series has an amazing amount of detail that appears to be highly entertaining. Try out the "Get-a-Map" tool on the site, its excellent. Of course, I laughed out loud when I realized that my first thought after Telsa showed me the site was "wow, Telsa stopped using text-based web browsers!?!" - nonetheless, I did spend a great amount of time, and plan on spending a non-trivial amount of money(in terms of maps) on some very cool OS maps.
One of these days I will plan a trip to Wales with the point of visiting Telsa and Alan with the side advantage of seeing what is rumoured to be a very beautiful place (note the British spelling in that sentence please).
Thanks Telsa!
Note: For those who don't read the comments, William points out the "tin anniversary" connection I should have made! That, of course, being that Cornwall is rather famous for all the former tin mines that dot the region. Thanks William!
Posted by dmason at March 15, 2005 10:09 AM