Monthly Archives: March 2007

Iris Folding

As alot of you will know as well as walking and baking I also enjoy doing some Craft work, I enjoy making cards too and the technique I enjoy most is called Iris Folding.

Iris folding is a fun and easy paper folding technique that can be used to make greeting cards.

Iris folding is very versatile in that any type of easy to fold paper can be used. Left over Christmas wrapping paper works great, so do envelopes, the one’s with the blue patterns inside.

The technique originated in Holland and it is called Iris folding because the center of the design resembles the iris of a camera or eye. Traditionally, origami paper is used for the main design and holographic paper is used to fill in the center of the design.

Instructions on how to make one can be found here

Some books on Iris Folding can be found here

 Why not make one for someone special !!

Geocaching

Is some thing I have been reading about and would like to try, I think it would be great fun.

“Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game for GPS users. Participating in a cache hunt is a good way to take advantage of the wonderful features and capability of a GPS unit. The basic idea is to have individuals and organizations set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the Internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards. All the visitor is asked to do is if they get something they should try to leave something for the cache.”

Its quite a new thing ,only starting in May 2000, you can read about its History here

Sounds a bit like a treasure hunt using your GPS , basically you get the coordinates from the web and then go and find the cache.

Tips on finding your first cache

The rules are simple.

1.Take some thing from the cache

2 Leave some thing in the cache

3. Write about it in the log book.

You can also hide a cache for others to find.

Tips on hiding your first cache

It would be a great way to get children out walking.

The walk I did on Sunday with Geoff and Ellee had 3 caches we could have found !

Here hoping I get out soon to find my first geocache, and this is the one I want to do

A Blogger’s Walk….

Yesterday Geoff and I met up with Ellee for a walk.

It was a beautiful day, and a wonderful walk.

We parked along the New market road and walked the three miles to Anglesey Abbey , this three miles was the most beautiful walk along the river and through the woods.

We met Ellee, at Anglesey Abbey car park.

Then walked to Lode, Waterbeach and through Stow Cum Quy Fen , which took us back to Anglesey Abbey  a total of 12 miles.

 

We then left Ellee at the car park and sprinted back to the car.

The walk was one of the nicest river walks I have done for a while,and of course the company was Brill.

Total miles walked 18

The Perfect Mothers day Gift..

Yet another gadget that claims to give you the perfect boiled egg.

Instead of using time to work out whether an egg is cooked to your liking, this device measures heat.

Made of clear non-toxic red plastic and shaped like an egg, it is marked with measurements for hard-boiled, medium and soft.

It is placed in the water along with the eggs, where it sits on the bottom of the pan.

As the water heats up the red shade starts to turn black, beginning around the edges and gradually moving towards the centre.

When the proportion of red and black indicates the eggs are at the level of hardness required, you simply remove them from the water and tuck in

The Egg-Perfect Colour Changing Egg Timer costs £4.97 and is being sold in high street shops as well as online. A spokesman for the makers said: “Over or undercooked eggs are a thing of the past with this heat-sensitive egg timer.

I am a bit of a sucker for gadgets, especially ones for the kitchen.

I can never get my boiled eggs just right so yes I would buy this gadget But what about you ??  or do you think its just another useless gadget and a waste of money ??

Cartoons For Your Blog

Found a cool new site over at Finding Life hard.

Its called We Blog Cartoons by Dave walker, and you can freely re-use them on your blog.

Here are two I liked, the first reminds me of Geoff’s desk

The second reminds me of my son’s laundry box when I have been away for a few days…..

Hope you have some fun reading it…

A Hard Task…………

With my flight to Corsica booked, ready for walking the GR20 in June.

I have been given the task of learning some French.

Now I was useless at french when at school many years ago, and some times have trouble with English so its going to be hard work for me.

I have been given an excellent learning  C/D  , which must be easier than a book, as you get to hear how the words are pronounced.

But some how I still think this is going to be a hard task for me……

Something for Nothing…

Not often today that you get some thing for nothing.

I thought I would see if I could get some free tickets for the Out door show  at the NEC in Birmingham.

I left posts on both the walking Forums I use just to see what I could come up with.

Was told on one that it was like asking for free Tickets for the FA cup final. So I thought that was the end of that.

Then today I had an e-mail giving me a tip to check here.

So I made a phone call and ticket will be on its way tomorrow.

Will have to make sure I go and say hello to the RA  and Country Walking  people….