Chorlton to Dunham Massey

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April’s 30 Days of Biking came and went without our active participation. Our biking is mostly a daily commute to work and occasional shopping trips. But coinciding time off and some sunshine inspired us to venture out last week. Being new to the area we are still exploring various routes and are grateful for knowledge and insights shared by local bike bloggers (Note to self: Remember to sponsor Lorenza.) From the map we reckoned we could get along the [wikipop]towpath[/wikipop] on the [wikipop]Bridgewater canal[/wikipop] to Dunham Massey. So we set off to explore:

The Cascade Bicycle Club in Seattle have produced a video that pretty much says it all in under three minutes:

The sound of a slow Bank holiday Monday

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Traditionally a [wikipop]Bank holiday[/wikipop] is a time to slow down and unwind. So I took a short snippet of piano music (by [wikipop search=”John Adams (composer)”]John Adams[/wikipop] if I am not mistaken)

Microsoft creates good software!

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Shock! Horror! Microsoft’s Photosynth is a neat little free app that captures a panoramic image (up to 360° if required)…

Simply tap the screen to start shooting, sweep the [wikipop]iDevice[/wikipop] camera around the scene and it will automatically take a sequence of shots (or you can tap the screen again to add a shot). Tap the Finish button and it will stitch the images together to create your panoramic picture. I could have cropped the edges of the image to straighten them up but apparently we prefer the organic/ragged look.

So MS can do it when they try. If only they tried harder more often.