Constraints

[kake]

In our Introductions post (which people are still welcome to comment on!), azuire and I had a small conversation about constraints. I'm aware of course that not everyone wants to (or is able to) put constraints on their expeditions, but for those who do, I was thinking of running some kind of constraint challenge here at flaneurs, probably during June.

The idea is that we could make a collection of possible constraints, and then see how these play out for different people in different cities. One very simple example of this is described by jodi: "After you leave your house, you turn right, and then take the first road on the left, then the first road on the right, and so on." I imagine that this works very differently in cities (or areas of cities) that are built on a grid plan, and those that aren't. Another example would be to always change direction as soon as possible after you see something red.

What interesting constraints can you come up with? Which ones have you tried, and found to work well? What constraints would you be interested in seeing someone else try out in a city you've never been to? If you use any mobility/assistive devices, what constraints have you found to (or do you think would) work well for you?

And, in general, would you be interested in participating in this challenge?

Worcester wander via a fort, a canal, two rivers, and several bridges

[spiralsheep]

I walked through Worcester from Fort Royal, via the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, and the Rivers Severn and Teme, to Old Powick Bridge. 11 pictures with commentary at my journal:

http://spiralsheep.dreamwidth.org/362510.html