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Subj: Re: Which Way the Sun ?
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VK6HU/TPK 1.83d Msg #:1451 Date:07-08-02 Time:16:31Z
Barry VK2AAB wrote:
>It is interesting how fixed in our mind are some features of the world around
>us.
>
> Walking around London (when the sun was out) required significant
>effort to ignore the sun position. It needed regular concious thought.
At least the rain would have been warmer (when the sun WAS out)!
Sorry people - couldn't resist that.
I fell into the same trap in 1960 riding a Lambretta from Edinburgh back to
London.
Having had a bit of a look at York I headed off mid to late afternoon
travelling South-West -- with the sun on my right hand of course. I mean
where else should it be in late afternoon ??
BAD IDEA !! I must have travelled for an hour before I realised that none
of the places I expected from my map had been noticed - map reading on a
scooter is a fairly specialised occupation. Finally I did find a village
name in time to realise that someone had shifted the sun.
I made it back through York and as far as Tadcaster where I found a bed in
a lovely old Pub with ceiling beams some six or seven feet from the floor,
a wonderful Inn-keeper who fed me and insisted my bike go round the back
under shelter in the stables (otherwise unoccupied).
Cheers all, thanks Barry for the reminiscence,
73 de Peter, VK6HU
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