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#TheThing #MyLittleBigBuddy and I have #BothNoticed is the #RecentProliferation of #20mph #TrafficCalming #Zones...

Having #Driven through #Perth and #Glenrothes; on to #Braemar and through some #VeryPrettyLittle #WeeTowns and #Villages #AlongTheWay; we have #Developed a #Tendency to #DropTheSpeed and #BreakOut into #Song...

#IT's #JustAsWell we're not #RushingAnywhere, aye... | #LookNoQuestionMark

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🎶 "It's a small, small world..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrWRVU9t230

Balfarg Henge, whose modern setting in the middle of a housing estate on the north-east edge of Glenrothes in Fife would be very alien to its ancient builders. This ritual site dates back over six thousand years. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glenrothes/balfarghenge/index.html

#Scotland #BalfargHenge #Glenrothes #Fife

Balfarg Henge. The image shows a grassy area in the foreground with two standing stone on its far side and six wooden posts this side of them. There are parked cars and a van in the background, with white houses beyond them. The scene is in sunlight.

(CP aus 🦋

Ausklang des Tages.
Was selten passiert - Ehemann (Team "Eerlikör & Baileys") will mittrinken.
#C2H6O #Whisky
#Signatory 100 Proof #6, #14 und #20.
#Miltonduff 2011 12 years,
#GlenRothes 2015 9 years & 2014 10 years.

Open Street Map Goals for 2025

A few years ago I started working to make my town, Glenrothes, more visible on the Open Street Map. Mostly it was just roads and land use imported from public data, though a few people had added in some housing areas, addresses, and point of interest. I have steadily been adding all the missing buildings, shops, addresses, other missing POIs and cleaning up major land use blocks.

It is far from perfect, but things are in a much better state than they were a few years ago. But there are still a few areas where data needs to be added. If possible, it would be nice to address these in the coming year:

Finish adding the remaining missing addresses – There are a lot of neighbourhoods still missing address data. The UK’s PAF still hasn’t been released under open license, so these will need to be surveyed and added manually. In clockwise order: Collydean, Pitcairn, Balfarg, Cadham, Markinch, Thornton, Stenton, Caskieberran, Stenton, and Leslie. I want to be accurate though, and the layouts of houses in same areas can be difficult to navigate, so it may take some time.
More details for POIs like shop opening hours – Locations on the OSM can have additional metadata like contact details, opening hours, whether they are disabled accessible, and things like types of menu for restaurants. Some of this info is made available on websites, some of it may need direct surveying.
There are lots of construction areas around town that will need to be surveyed when they are complete. New buildings and POIs to be added. The town park is also being upgraded and when it is finished next year there may be lots of changes to update, like new paths and play areas. Some of these changes have already been updated.

It would also be nice to try and convince more people I know to start using OSM data through something like the Organic Maps app. Unfortunately, this can be a difficult ask, particularly if data density can differ wildly from town to town. One particular point of contention is open maps often lack data like live traffic updates, and drivers often want this from their apps. I can’t disagree, as it is really useful info if you’re going out on a trip.

I mostly use StreetComplete for surveying, and that has had quite a few updates this year, making it ever easier to use. This year I discovered the Rapid editor which is really useful for adding data to unmapped areas in other parts of Scotland.

I hope all the OSM mappers had a good 2024, and wishing you a good 2025, too!

https://lonm.vivaldi.net/2024/12/28/open-street-map-goals-for-2025/

#data #glenrothes #OpenStreetMap #OSM #scotland #Technology

My daughter and I did some urban archaeology in #Glenrothes today. This used to be a house and sawmill. I used to come here when I was at school and pick up sacks of sawdust and wood shavings for the animal cages. Last time I was here, five years or so ago, it was fenced off and protected by security cameras. Now it’s just open and anyone can walk in there.

#UrbanExploration #UrbanArchaeology

An abandoned, deteriorating building with a partially collapsed roof and burned timber supports. The structure shows signs of decay, surrounded by trees and scattered debris on the ground, including a plastic bottle.

An overgrown, dilapidated building surrounded by bare trees and scattered debris. The structure features a crumbling stone wall and a roof partially covered in moss, with old tires and foliage nearby. The sky is cloudy, contributing to a somber atmosphere

An abandoned, rusty vehicle sits overgrown with weeds in a desolate area. The car is missing parts, and the surrounding landscape features bare trees and remnants of dilapidated structures in the background.

An overgrown, partially collapsed stone building with a chimney. The walls show signs of damage, and the ground is covered in debris, leaves, and rocks. Leafless trees are visible in the background.

Balfarg Henge, whose modern setting in the middle of a housing estate on the north-east edge of Glenrothes in Fife would be very alien to its ancient builders. This ritual site dates back over six thousand years. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glenrothes/balfarghenge/index.html

#Scotland #BalfargHenge #Balfarg #Henge #Glenrothes #Fife #UndiscoveredScotland

Für mein Verhältnis sehr früh, noch 24:30.
Ausklang des Tages. #C2H6O #Whisky
Vergleich zweier #Glenrothes -Flaschen aus der Serie #Signatory 100 Proof.

#6 2015/22024 9 years 1st fill oloroso sherry butts.
#20 214/2024 10 years oloroso sherry butts.
#6 ist dunkler als #20.

Was für ein Geschmacksunterschied 😳 "1st fill" macht viel aus.

Beides im Glas, darunter ein weißes Blatt, um den Farbenunterschied deutlicher zu sehen.

We had a cozy little gathering with just a handful of friends Saturday, with no theme other than to try some 'good stuff'. We whetted our appetites with a couple of small sample sets my wife gave me shortly after we met. 12 samples in total, just enough for small tasting pours.

Friends brought Mehkong cane spirit from Thailand. My neighbors brought a 23 year Glen Rothes 1997 Cask Strength and a nice beer from Amory’s Tomb Brewing Co., which we used as a palate cleanser part way through the evening.

I just kept pulling things, and in the end we went through 20 of my bottles over the course of the evening. It was an amazing night, so many good bottles.

Not in the order we did them, in part because I didn't record the specific order and in part because I can't be arsed to try to remember:
Wild Turkey Master's Keep Triumph
High West Bottled In Bond rye & Cask Collection bourbon finished in Barbados rum barrels
Glenmorangie 1987 Margaux Cask Finish, Distillery Manager's Choice bottled 2001, Cote De Nuits Wood Finish, 30 year Oloroso Cask Finish, Tain L'Hermitage 1975, Tain L'Hermitage 1978, Year of the Rabbit 23 year old, Grand Vintage Malt 1991, and Carn Mor "Celebration of the Cask" Westport (Glenmo in disguise)
Amrut Greedy Angels 12 year, Spectrum 004, and Single Cask Single Grain
Clan Denny 1991 Cameronbridge 29 year & 1978 Port Dundas 33 year single grains
Copper & Cask "Roxie" rye & "French Kiss" bourbon from Julio's Liquors
And, last but not least, Compass Box Great King Street Experimental Batch 00-V4

There may have been a couple of other random silly things at the end... 😉

#Whisky #Whiskey #Scotch #Rye #Bourbon #IndianWhisky #WildTurkey #HighWest #Glenmorangie #Amrut #ClanDenny #CopperAndCask #CompassBox #GlenRothes #Mehkong #Westport

The north side of Balbirnie Stone Circle. The circle comprises eight stones in a partial circle some 15m in diameter and was probably erected over 4,000 years ago. It stands close to the A92 on the eastern side of Glenrothes in Fife. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glenrothes/balbirniecircle/index.html

#Scotland #BalbirnieStoneCircle #Balbirnie #StoneCircle #Glenrothes #Fife #UndiscoveredScotland

The north side of Balbirnie Stone Circle. The image shows a mown grassy area with lots of daisies and trees in the background on the right. Five standing stones form one side of a circle. The one nearest us is lying down but others are standing, getting smaller as we move around the circle. The scene is in sunlight.

#Glenrothes housing estates look like #ebola

#Fife is #infected

#UK post war #townplanning was notoriously short sighted & car focussed. #glenrothes was a #newtown built in #Fife with a #railway line running through the middle. It had direct links to Kirkcaldy & Edinburgh but they never built a.station on it & removed the line 10 yrs later under #Beeching. Ultimately they built Glenrothes station in the 90s - 3.6 miles south of the town centre - in Thornton.
Now that line is a cycle path, but it still would have been better used for its original purpose.

Mair #Glenrothes street airt.

A concrete wall adjacent to an underpass, with linear abstract art.

Street airt in #Glenrothes, ma hame toon. Glenrothes is gey keen on hippos for some reason.

A concrete hippopotamus shot head-on from a low angle. It appears to be glowering at the camera.

Balfarg Henge, whose modern setting in the middle of a housing estate on the north-east edge of Glenrothes in Fife would be very alien to its ancient builders. This ritual site dates back over six thousand years. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glenrothes/balfarghenge/index.html

#Scotland #BalfargHenge #Balfarg #Henge #Glenrothes #Fife #UndiscoveredScotland

The north side of Balbirnie Stone Circle. The circle comprises eight stones in a partial circle some 15m in diameter and was probably erected over 4,000 years ago. It stands close to the A92 on the eastern side of Glenrothes in Fife. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glenrothes/balbirniecircle/index.html

#Scotland #BalbirnieStoneCircle #Balbirnie #StoneCircle #Glenrothes #Fife #UndiscoveredScotland

#Glenrothes

Pleased that the first #TheSNP #leadership #hustings in #Cumbernauld went so well last night thanks to candidates willing to debate respectfully and party members determined to focus on issues of importance to the people of #Scotland. #livestreaming them all is the right decision and now look forward to chairing next one in #Glenrothes on Friday at 6.30pm and then #Inverness on Saturday https://www.youtube.com/live/cdBKjVruT9E?feature=share

Moss on a picnic bench at Balbirnie stone circle (2017) #Glenrothes, #Fife #Mosstodon

A small part of the top of a very elderly and decidedly battered picnic bench. Basically a section of two planks of wood is visible. They have been painted a pale reddish brown and then more recently (but still long, long ago) black. Both coats of paint are chipped and peeling and scratched. At the top of the photo a huge chunk of wood is missing. To the left of the missing chunk, a splinter of wood has left a sort of creek or valley effect which is filled with two different sorts of moss. At the bottom of the photo there's some deeply carved graffiti, a W and some other, less readable letters.

In the centre of the picture, the focus, a cushion of bright green moss has grown in a hole, maybe the size of a fifty pence piece. It's very pleasing.

I posted a couple of these from our trip to Fife already but I wasn't aware of #standingstonesunday back then, a week or so ago

#balbirniestonecircle #glenrothes #scotland #scotchstones

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balbirnie_Stone_Circle

I am delighted and honoured to be invited as one of the guests at #RothesComicCon on the 8th of June! Come to #Glenrothes, #Scotland and say hi! I might even have my heckin' witch cloak by then!? 😆💖

#comics #comiccon #makingcomics

#Glenrothes

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