Googling Earth

What, you may well ask, have I been doing all this time if yesterday was the first time I have ventured onto Google Earth?

Well, it is true...but what a fascinating site!

Having discovered my home in North Lincolnshire in England (and time warped my garden studio away, replacing it with a rather rickety old shed), I whizzed across to North Yorkshire, and found that I wasn't present on the day my cottage was photographed in 2007. The time warp thingy didn't work quite so well there. I had been hoping to see the old animal market on which site the cottage is built, but it wasn't to be. Apparently Google Earth only found that part of the world in recent years.

The situation was not much different down in Kent, where I was able to unearth my (very humble) roots. The old school looks different though, with a few extra rooms to the Science Block, and several more tennis courts.

It was over in Cyprus, however, where I really saw some changes. I have an apartment in the mountain village of Pissouri. Having first got myself thoroughly confused as to my whereabouts (the street names are not highlighted as well as in England), I finally descended into the environs of the apartment and then, feeling as though I had stepped straight into H G Well's Time Machine, I flicked back and forth in time, watching the apartment and its local area turn back into scrub and rock. I could have played all evening, but air traffic control (aka my wife) insisted that I land back in the present and at this location, in order to partake in a Good Friday supper.

If you haven't tried it yet, get aquainted with Google Earth and Google Street Scene; I am sure you will enjoy the journey.

Happy Easter to you all.