Having problems uploading pics so can’t do a proper entry — oh wait, I ran out of disk space on the server.
That’s better.
So today I went to Hakone. The reasons for going are twofold, and equally nerdy.
1) There is an old PC game called Microsoft Train Simulator. You drive trains. One of them is the [...]

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It’s Saturday, and the first Saturday in ages that I’ve not been at work. Day began with a walk down to Sainsbury’s for the traditional Cambridge Folk Festival fried breakfast, which was good as always. I had planned to head into Cambridge to buy some jeans: however, it turned out that there was a TK [...]

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Indeed, the car adaptor did work, and worked well. Had a cup of tea before catching a bus to the festival site (nothing much going on there) and then getting another bus to Cambridge city centre. I forgot how lovely Cambridge is, almost rivalling Norwich for historic loveliness. And I forgot how big it is.
Toured [...]

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I wasn’t entirely expecting to leave today, but leaving early seemed sensible, so off we went. Packed everything I could think of taking first, taking my rucksack and daysack. Only one umbrella, though.

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