Lazy loading
Published on 5th September 2020 
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesIt may be autumn now and the nights really are drawing in on us, but I still have walking ideas. They are fairly local, which is useful given the times in which we find ourselves. For instance, I have another idea for a walk between Whaley Bridge and Macclesfield: this one would go via the Goyt Valley instead of Taxal Edge where the previous ones went.
There is another, and that brings me to recent wanderings. One of those took me from Leek to Buxton via Ramshaw Rocks. Since the day became dull, I would like to go back to those rocky outcrops again to come away with better photos. Such a route could be varied according to available hours of daylight, if so needed.
Other rambles did better with sunshine. One took me around hills near Church Stretton in Shropshire, while another gained me my only exposure to sea air of the year so far. That was around the Great Orme near Llandudno in Wales, and it rounded off an extended bank holiday weekend that also featured the aforementioned Shropshire and Staffordshire/Derbyshire hikes. All were good for my emotional well-being during what has been a very tough year for all of us. It may be that I am starting to regain my footing after all that has happened.
As a dark patch continues to lift, I also got in some website tinkering, and that explains the title of this post. Some may not have heard of the term, yet many will have encountered the behaviour: a web page that does not load all at once, but only when a visitor scrolls down far enough to need the outstanding sections. That is called lazy loading, and I decided to try it out with the images on this blog. If it is too much of an acquired taste or is too distracting, just let me know and I will make adjustments. Otherwise, the tinkering and the toddling will continue. Technology continues on its inexorable itinerary, pandemic or no pandemic.
