I'm going to write another book - Work in progress (a reference in prep)

Good morning my imaginary friends (Mifs and never to be confused with Milfs which is entirely different) - swarming, as ever, around my blog, in impressive uncoupled numbers, even prime numbers so appropriate for prime people!

Here is Tim again, back into his old ways, typing away at "silly o'clock" but this time it's only partly because his aches and pains are playing-up (no I know, you're sick of hearing that stuff - so this won't even appear under the "Health" label).

So what's this all about? I hear you say Mifs.

I'm going to write another book.

I know what you're thinking - "another book" - where or what are the earlier ones? Well there are ones - yes - they sit around filed ready for publication to the highest bidder, once bidding starts. Apparently that is how real proper authors do it - they are so good that publishers clamber to get the rights to those author's books. Wow! Yes, I know also that the use of "real proper" is poor English but you know what I mean.

Anyway - enough of the blabber ...

I'm going to write a book about where I live (for those new Mifs, I should explain) - that's Lincolnshire - an obscure northern place described by my daughter as The Other Side Of The Moon, but then she lives 'down south' and all that goes with it.

I am aware that my work (authorship that is) is so good and in demand that I am taking a hell of a chance using my blog as a reference tool. Yes you're right - you're getting the hang of my humour (well I call it humour). Just assume that I am trying to be funny and you won't go far wrong. Trouble is, particularly up here, in The Frozen North and indeed in my own family circles most 'dipper-inners' are not properly geared-up for humour that one might call "dry humour". Stick with it, and me, dipper-inners and Mifs.

So a little more explanation is called for I think:

I am going to use my posts on my blog (entirely publicly available of course - ready for my ideas to be unashamedly stolen by the mass of visiting competitive authors looking for great ideas - like mine) as my own ad hoc reference point. How will this work (I'm working on that as I type)? I think that I will randomly (it has to be that way as I am right-brained - i.e. more creative than organised) put stuff hereabouts which I will then pull together off-line (meaning away from The Blog) and compile my book. I am a little reticent, actually, to telling you, my public (Mifs that is) what the book is about because it has a market and thus is worthy of theft. Visitors will inevitably grasp what the book is going to be about, the more they visit but I suppose, once I get a pattern, and a habit going, of content for the book, if I'm wise I'll stop putting stuff "out there" (on The Blog).

So today I am staring with a map (OS [Ordnance Survey] has kindly allowed me to reproduce it here as my blog is currently not a money making project). Why a map? Because I want anyone from other places (outside Lincolnshire that is) to know where the county is in relationship to some other places - like even London for example.

Yes, I know, it's not a great map and not very clear but it'll do for now.

The point of this map is to highlight aspects as follows (in no particular order):

• Lincolnshire is a large county (was even larger until North Lincolnshire and North-East Lincolnshire were created as separate administrative areas).
• It is about four or five times the size of Greater London and is due north of it.
• Lincolnshire population is about 1.75 million compared to Greater London being estimated to be approaching 9 million in 2018.
• Just looking at these stats one can see that Lincolnshire (as if you didn't know it) is a largely rural county and comparatively sparsely populated.
• The cost of housing and indeed living in Lincolnshire is very low indeed compared, for example, to London or any major city.
• An average house price in Lincolnshire is about £150K, being about a quarter of the average house price in London.
• There are property hotspots (being significantly more expensive) in Lincolnshire (attributable mostly to having better rail links to London) and they are at Grantham (west of county) and Stamford (south west of county). Woodhall Spa is somewhat 'up and coming' too but with poor commuting (no longer any rail service) which inhibits price inflation.
• What do people say or think about Lincolnshire? There are some interesting and funny comments on Mum's Net here 
• Why is Lincolnshire so cheap? - That's the million dollar question that I am going to provide an answer for (in due course).