Mythic Geography

29th October 2013 I seized the day. There was blue sky this morning, but glum-looking rain after lunch put me off a planned trip to Shingl...

The Little Ouse river has been a neighbour for most of my life. I was brought up in its catchment area, its villages are familiar, and I hav...

I discovered Ducking Stool Meadow when I was 15 years old. I found its name on an old Estate map of West Hall Farm; it was shown as two long...

6-12-2012 I doubt few people from England spend their holidays in East Frisia . I had heard the area was noted for its melancholy expanses...

7-12-2012 A train is taking me northwards to the island of Sylt in North Frisia. A spindrift of powdery snow flies past the windows...

Skarpnäck station is a massive underground chamber spanning two platforms, carved from the living rock and painted red . Benched trilithons ...

Galärvarvskyrkogården , Stockolm 24th September, 2012     A granite alcove shelters an elm tree: three grey walls enclosing a young tr...

Stockholm, Sweden 22nd September, 2012 I bought my ticket in the lobby and passed into the  Vasa Museum . One goes to see a preserved sai...

Near Corain, Spain 27th April, 2012 I am sheltering while a persistent April rain falls on this corner of Asturias. The tiled roof above ...