h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Got your mail and replied to it..

And I've replied back - should be sorted very soon

shazz

Episode 3 and 4 ready for pick-up!

I'll be leaving for a trip to the south of Switzerland in a couple of days, and I'll be gone for almost 2 weeks, not knowing if I'll have any Internet access meanwhile - would it be much too late to leave episode 5 on Tuesday 30 July instead of Monday?

No problem

Did you see the revised graphic? Is it ok for you now - with lovely dark tresses?

shazz

Right

I'll get it blobbed along with the weekly batch later in the week then

shazz

Oh, and if I don't catch you before, have a great time in Switzerland

shazz

Thank you!

How early on Thursday morning is the Post available? (thinking of having just a quick look on Thursday morning before leaving home around 6 am)

It's usually up by 3am (2am BST)

Mind you, with Greebo on her holidays, it may be a little late, but it would certainly be up by 6am - I have to get ready to travel to London that day!

shazz

Episode 5 ready for pick-up - if someone could proof-read it I'd be grateful - I think it might possibly be full of spelling mistakes considering I'm half asleep right now, just having finished it...

Thank you

I have it safely filed away ready for editing tomorrow

How was Switzerland?

shazz

Switzerland was great - at least the part I visited... Locarno by the lake Lago Maggiore in the very south of Switzerland (most of the lake is in Italy) is one of my favourite places - Swiss punctuality and neatness, Italian kitchen and Mediterranean climate...

The climate is an odd thing - it's no where near the Mediterranean sea, but judging by the plants and the weather and the temperature it should be located much further south

The lake and the city are completely surrounded by alps, some of them snow-capped even in the summer, flowers that grow in pots in Sweden are huge bushes or even trees there - and the magnolia trees are lovely...

It certainly sounds beautiful - worthy of a travelogue maybe sometime?
I always love travel stories because they make me dream of being there myself one day.

shazz

A travelogue? Hmmmm... maybe - I've never written one before! But then I've never written stories like Dark Times before either, until now!

A wonderful job you are making of it too

The general travelogues etc can be viewed here: A765470
As you can see they come in all sorts of different styles and even get the odd blob done.

My favourites have to be Reinhard - A639038 - although they are heavily based on his drinking experiences which isn't entirely a requisite of course.

Absolutely no pressure as you are already doing such an excellent job with Dark Times, but Switzerland (and closely proximate countries) appear to be sadly missing from our repository at the moment.

shazz

Sorry to hear you've been unwell - have a

...which is maybe the reason for a couple of tiny mistakes in today's Post:
On the front page - it's part five of Dark Times
On the Announcements page - Bez's project on text adventures is <./>A783236</.> - entry A783836 does not exist

Oh - and is the unicorn pic a new one? Haven't seen it before - looks great!

It looks as if Greebo kindly made those corrections for me - I am still not at all well but have sneaked on for a few minutes to add Egon's Sport article.

I asked Greebo to make a unicorn as it seems fairly central to the story and there wasn't a decent one. I hope you approve - I thought it lovely.

shazz - going back to bed now honest!

Oh - you're still not well? Shooo - offline with you!

And yes, I like the unicorn!

Episode 6 ready for pickup