The startling regularity of these posts amazes even me. Today I went for a bit of a walk with my brother Joe’s dog, Pumpkin. It’s an embarrassing name. Joe and his kids seem to shorten it to Pumpki. My mouth and memory struggle with that so I have been trying Pumki, Pumpi and Punki. Pumpkin does not respond to anything I say so I have tended toward Dog or Hey You. I resorted to buying a packet of dog treats in a mildly successful effort to be noticed.

OSMAnd has been very handy as usual to find my way. I found a broken bit on the map and tried to fix it but I don’t really know what I’m doing. I did record my track, hopefully that’ll help someone.

The difficult 3rd post is here with little to say. I am sitting in a little flat in Bellingen looking out at the hills and trees. I am on holiday. I am enjoying this moment.

In the second of a series of regular posts my irony gland is fully functional. Today I am cranking up OSMAnd to assist me in exploring Tuckers Knob with my bicycle and hopefully if I can stick to State Forests and public roads I will take the dog for company.

I recently finished my 2nd year of Uni (Nursing) and am now having a break. It’s hard to stop being busy so I have been out walking a fair bit and recording traces to stick into OSM. I was inspired by volunteering for The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team - creating maps for aide workers around the world.

It’s kind of addictive, mapping stuff. I would like to encourage others to contribute it’s easy once you know what to do. Maybe I’ll arrange a meet-up over the summer….