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Going into Glossop and meeting up with a group of friends to watch bands and stuff is fun!

If you are out this weekend, See you then!

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After the Glossop team's Southport 12 Hour Race's prerace publicity last week, a third party has put out this press release:

A depleted youth squad from Glossop Sailing Club achieved 10th place out of a field of 28, their best ever result in the annual National Junior Twelve Hour Race, held at Southport, despite their sailing club withdrawing their support and leaving them high and dry without a boat on the day of the competition.

I have been spending time recently on the #teenlug IRC channel talking to various interesting people, some of whom, I was slightly surprised to find, were from relatively close to where I live.
One of the people there, LeesyKate by nick, offered to draw a picture of me using the GNU Image Manipulation Program and a one pixel pencil. LeesyKate, by contrast, is not from the North West of England but from Southern Australia, how's that for international culture!
I think the outcome of the picture pretty good, and having had a go, certainly better than I could do, but you decide for yourself;

Tim Dobson by LeesyKate

Turning down an invitation to go to 5 Daze in May with some friends, I figured that the wind was a force 4-5 and it would be exciting sailing at GSC.

Is it just me or does Marple Station have an inordinately large number of CCTV cameras?
I'm all for safer neighbourhoods, deterring criminals, stopping antisocial behaviour and any other new council buzzword of the day, however the CCTV cameras at Marple station give the place a cold, Orwellian atmosphere.

But why are 12 cameras needed to monitor the small manned station's premises?