Saturday, 23d November, 2024

Feel like I have a lot of things to do but no time and then when I have time I can’t be bothered doing anything.

I want to buy so many things but really, none are necessary. They vary from Harry Potter Hogwart’s Express lego train to Apple Watch Ultra 2, to a really fancy morse code keyer, oh and also bone headphone things for cycling - which is probably the most useful given I do that pretty much everyday to work.

Speaking of which, I’m all setup now to learn…just need to start…

Actually I did a little, and it’s nice using the Morserino away from the computer - it’s nice being away from the computer in general. My worry is that I’m learning it the “wrong” way. I know the key thing is keep the speed up so you’re recognising noises not counting .s and -s, which I’m doing. What I should do is get a pad of paper, and let the thing beep away and I try and copy it all. People also say to keep a log of what, when and how you did. Ideally to see progress but maybe to also see issues.

Well I’m organising my SOTA summits spreadsheet so I have an itinerary of every local summit from leaving the house to back home again. So I can type in my start time and know when I’ll be home. Once that’s done for all the summits (there are 87 in my region but more that are local), I can bucket them into categories like “can do on school day and be back for pick up” or needs “5am start and 12 hours of sun” (!), etc. I’ve also paired them with ones you’d typically do together, but also calculated the time if I were just to do one. There’s one big route I still have to do, and likely it won’t be until the spring at the earliest, and then I’ll have done all the big ones and have confidence in all the summits locally. Be nice to have a big reference, and then I think once I’ve done them all, I’ll publish a big list, e.g. the guide to GM/ES.

All but one have gone to the cinema to see Wicked. The one will be mad when she finds out but she did just go to a birthday party.