Year: 2017
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The many names of acrylic glass: Perspex, Plexiglas and Lucite
Recently, whilst on a visit to the Australian War Memorial’s storage facility in Mitchell, I had the opportunity to get […]
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The Exotic Mushrooms and Trees of Canberra: Fly Agaric, Death Cap, and London Plane
On my first week in Canberra, as I was running to the National Gallery of Australia to get to the […]
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The Difficulties of Walking
Mysterious Fevers It is funny that once upon a time I complained that it was the cold that stopped me […]
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Back in the Loop
I’m alive! This blog is alive!! I’ve quite enjoyed being completely out of the loop for the last few months, […]
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Visiting my Geographical “Googleganger”: From Burgoyne Road N4 to Burgoyne Road SE25
I lived on Burgoyne Road for some years but although I specifically set my home address to “Burgoyne Road N4”, […]
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Capital Ring #1: Stoke Newington to Hackney Wick
Stoke Newington to Hackney Wick Distance: 4 miles / 6.4 km Feels like: a breeze through the marshes Date: 14 […]
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Parks of New Barnet and East Barnet: A Walk along Pymmes Brook
Ah, you there, bucolic stream of silver that trickles through the rolling hills of old… Well actually… here we are […]
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Multi-electrification system on Hertford Loop Line: Drayton Park’s electric sizzle
FUN FACTS ABOUT THE HERTS LOOP TRAINS!: An interesting fact is that the Moorgate to Drayton Park segment of the […]
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Lavender Hill Cemetery: what is your likelihood of being crushed by a falling headstone? and what’s happening to the design of baby memorials in the UK today?
Photo documentation of a circular walk around Gordon Hill, Lavender Hill, Strayfields, and Hillyfields It appears to me as if […]
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The World’s First Cash Machine and New River Swans: A walk through Enfield Town, World’s End and Cockfosters
In my years of living in Stamford Hill and Harringay, Enfield has always felt so close because we were right […]