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Half-Hour Wander

Not a map of everything near you - a pocket walk made only of your own spots, sized to your own half hour.

Half-Hour WanderA short walk from your door, built from spots you know.

List the places you already pass or wonder about - the bakery clock, the footbridge, the mural on the bus shelter - and the minutes each one adds to your plain loop. The dial shows whether it fits the time you have. A run gives you one thing to look for at every stop and, if it runs long, says what to leave for next time.

Try a sample:

1 Your time and your spots

or drop one on the stops box. Minutes count the detour and the time you stand there; leave them out and a stop counts as 3.

Walk on paths and pavements, watch for traffic, and look at homes only from the street. This is a walking toy, not route, safety or health advice.

2 The dial and the stick free

Skip a stop yourself untick to take it off the dial - your typed list stays as it is

    The page's free read

      green the plain loop · brass a stop · red the time you have · gold the best stop

      3 Read the walk

      One run reads each note, rates what it gives you to find there, writes one thing to look for at every stop, names the best stop and, when the walk is too long, picks which stops come off - by a fixed rule the page checks again. It never adds a place you did not list. Walks on railway tracks, rooftops, building sites or anywhere unsafe are politely declined.

      Pricing as soon as the session is ready...

      The walk card - none yet

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        Why this verdict

        The plan

        4 Saved walks

        How the minutes work

        Your walk is the plain loop from your door and back, plus the minutes each stop adds - the little detour and the time you stand there. More than 2 minutes over the time you have and the walk needs a trim. 8 minutes or more under and there is room to spare, best spent at the best stop. Anything in between: set off.

        A note that names something particular to find (a stopped clock, ducks under a bridge) gives a stop the most pull; a general note ("nice") gives less; a bare name the least. The best stop has the most pull, then the fewest minutes. A trim takes stops off one at a time - least pull first, then the longest, then the latest in your list - never the best stop, until the walk fits. The page checks every number in the reply against these rules. Nothing you type is kept unless you press save.