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spiralsheepI walked variations of "first left, second right" four times while I was in Llangollen. There's a report at my journal with ten small images.
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IIIa 2016 version
Jun. 29th, 2016 07:25 pmsecretlondonI've done IIIa in 2014 and 2015 so I strongly felt I needed to do it in 2016 too.
I had a plan I may still do which involved getting a bus to Wimbledon, tram to Birkbeck (because of the name) then train to Denmark Hill. I might still do it but I've run out of month and it's Wimbledon tennis fortnight.
Not wanting to just get a direct bus I came up with: half a mile walk to Tooting BR station, train from Tooting to Loughborough Junction station, bus from there to Camberwell and then walk home. I posted on Monday about railway bridge codes which made me want to fit these in somewhere, and it follows on from some of my thinking on IIIe which uses numbers on objects to give directions.
Numbering things makes working with them easier. Your house has a number so others can tell which is which. My office door has a code so facilities can identify exactly where I am. It's not the office past the double doors on the right it's three letter code for building, digit for floor (0 for ground), decimal point and two digits for room. Different places have different codes but they all need one. My last place had codes on each electrical socket, as well as a different pattern for office doors.
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III. (a)
Travel to or from your workplace one day using a completely different route to any you've ever used before.
I'm currently working in Tooting. My normal commute is Tooting Broadway to Oval using the Northern Line. I wasn't sure how to do it this year. I'll never top the cable car and river bus of 2014, but I'd like to do something more interesting than take the 155 bus, for example.I had a plan I may still do which involved getting a bus to Wimbledon, tram to Birkbeck (because of the name) then train to Denmark Hill. I might still do it but I've run out of month and it's Wimbledon tennis fortnight.
Not wanting to just get a direct bus I came up with: half a mile walk to Tooting BR station, train from Tooting to Loughborough Junction station, bus from there to Camberwell and then walk home. I posted on Monday about railway bridge codes which made me want to fit these in somewhere, and it follows on from some of my thinking on IIIe which uses numbers on objects to give directions.
Numbering things makes working with them easier. Your house has a number so others can tell which is which. My office door has a code so facilities can identify exactly where I am. It's not the office past the double doors on the right it's three letter code for building, digit for floor (0 for ground), decimal point and two digits for room. Different places have different codes but they all need one. My last place had codes on each electrical socket, as well as a different pattern for office doors.
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rydra_wongBut I believe it qualifies for psychogeographical bragging, at least.
This is where I spent part of yesterday:
http://www.towerbridge.org.uk/bascule-chamber-concert/ (Google image search "bascule chamber" for more pretty pictures)
You can all be jealous of me now.
This will probably be the only time in my life I listen to a John Cage aria with a 1000-tonne weight suspended over my head.
This is where I spent part of yesterday:
http://www.towerbridge.org.uk/bascule-chamber-concert/ (Google image search "bascule chamber" for more pretty pictures)
You can all be jealous of me now.
This will probably be the only time in my life I listen to a John Cage aria with a 1000-tonne weight suspended over my head.
Repurposed railways
Jul. 2nd, 2015 01:33 pmspiralsheepI completed June challenge Lines IIa, follow that railway, in Cheltenham.
There's a report with 10 small images at my journal.
There's a report with 10 small images at my journal.
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- themes: graffiti,
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- themes: public transport: railways,
- themes: signs,
- themes: views,
- themes: wildlife
A Quest for the Lost Viaduct of Bordesley
Jun. 23rd, 2015 10:32 amspiralsheepI completed June challenge Lines IIa, follow that railway, in Birmingham.
Quest for the Lost Viaduct of Bordesley (Moor Street to Bordesley), report with 14 small images at my journal.
Quest for the Lost Viaduct of Bordesley (Moor Street to Bordesley), report with 14 small images at my journal.
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Newport, Wales, aka Casnewydd, Cymru
Jun. 17th, 2014 10:34 amspiralsheep- ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
flaneurs June Challenge Lines II.(b), walk south from a random point, modified by walking south in a straight line from my point of arrival in the city. Report with 10 small images at my journal.
Newport: A+ for flanage and would tourist again, especially if the cathedral tower was open so I could ascend and enjoy the reputedly spectacular views.
flaneurs June Challenge Lines II.(b), walk south from a random point, modified by walking south in a straight line from my point of arrival in the city. Report with 10 small images at my journal.Newport: A+ for flanage and would tourist again, especially if the cathedral tower was open so I could ascend and enjoy the reputedly spectacular views.
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Coventry - congenial and convenient
Jun. 9th, 2014 11:43 amspiralsheep- flaneurs June Challenge Lines II.(b), walk south from a random point, modified by walking north in a straight line from my point of arrival in the city. Report with 10 small images at my journal.
In conclusion: Coventry city centre is small and pleasantly pedestrianised, there are many interesting places to visit, and the natives are friendly. Recommended for a day out or two.
I hope you’re all having fun with the June Challenge too! :-)
flaneurs June Challenge Lines II.(b), walk south from a random point, modified by walking north in a straight line from my point of arrival in the city. Report with 10 small images at my journal.In conclusion: Coventry city centre is small and pleasantly pedestrianised, there are many interesting places to visit, and the natives are friendly. Recommended for a day out or two.
I hope you’re all having fun with the June Challenge too! :-)
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spiralsheep- flaneurs June Challenge, Doing something different III. (c), random cafe, and unintentionally also Lines II.(a), follow railway. There's a report with 14 images at my journal.
I hope all your June challenges are going well so far, either in planning or walking.
flaneurs June Challenge, Doing something different III. (c), random cafe, and unintentionally also Lines II.(a), follow railway. There's a report with 14 images at my journal.I hope all your June challenges are going well so far, either in planning or walking.
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Railway line walk through Tunbridge Wells
Feb. 27th, 2014 02:02 pmspiralsheepReport of my railway line flan through Tunbridge Wells in April 2013 (yes, I accidentally met Disgusted Of but she was disgusted on an unexpected topic, hee!).
South Worcestershire flooding
Feb. 16th, 2014 11:20 amspiralsheepSouth Worcestershire flooding, 13 small images (link to my journal), possibly relevant to flaneurs' interests.
flaneurs' interests.Worcester flooded twice last winter
Jul. 18th, 2013 04:56 pmspiralsheepWorcester, built across the River Severn near its confluence with the River Teme, flooded on two separate occasions last winter. I thought some photos might have a cooling and soothing effect on anyone currently caught in a heatwave.
http://spiralsheep.dreamwidth.org/445335.html
Enjoy!
http://spiralsheep.dreamwidth.org/445335.html
Enjoy!
spiralsheepMy second flaneurs June challenge II.(a), walking alongside the railway line, from Leamington Spa to Warwick wasn't an unmitigated success or it would have continued to Warwick Parkway. Also, the com now needs "themes: y halo thar Mr Plod" and "themes: unexpected satanism" tags. ;-) Report at my journal:
http://spiralsheep.dreamwidth.org/440628.html
Enjoy!
flaneurs June challenge II.(a), walking alongside the railway line, from Leamington Spa to Warwick wasn't an unmitigated success or it would have continued to Warwick Parkway. Also, the com now needs "themes: y halo thar Mr Plod" and "themes: unexpected satanism" tags. ;-) Report at my journal:http://spiralsheep.dreamwidth.org/440628.html
Enjoy!
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spiralsheepLink-drop because flaneurs are interested in modes of transport, especially leisurely ones that create lines in the landscape, and you already know I love trains.
The Severn Valley Railway, a report in 15 small images (at my journal).
flaneurs are interested in modes of transport, especially leisurely ones that create lines in the landscape, and you already know I love trains.The Severn Valley Railway, a report in 15 small images (at my journal).
spiralsheepInspired by this community, I walked a line up the Tything in Worcester in July 2011. I wanted to see the parallel streets too. In April 2013 I finally managed to complete the walk. Parallel lines walk report with 15 small images at my journal. Enjoy!
spiralsheepI went for a second walk in Worcester as another II(a) for the June challenge. This time I began on the west or "Welsh" side of the River Severn in St John's (aka Bedwardine), south of the railway, with the intention of walking west along the south side of the railway to the point where the main road, aka A44 the Bromyard Road, crosses north under the railway at more or less the outer edge of the city then crossing to the north side of the railway and walking back to my starting point. It'd be about 3km as the crow flies but city streets and flaneurs tend to wander much more than figurative crows.
Report at my journal with 15 small images.
Report at my journal with 15 small images.
spiralsheepI went for a walk in Worcester as II(a) of the June challenge. I began on the east side of the River Severn, south of the Worcester viaduct, with the intention of walking east along the south side of the railway until after the lines split then walking north crossing to the north side and walking back to my starting point. I chose to attempt the longest track-side variation of this route because I also wanted to visit both of the city's stations. It'd be about 4km as the crow flies but city streets and flaneurs tend to wander much more than figurative crows. My route also included height variation of 50m between the lowest point by the river and the highest point of Rose Avenue in Tolladine.
Report with 17 small images (at my journal). As ever, feel free to ignore the commentary and enjoy the pictures. :-)
Report with 17 small images (at my journal). As ever, feel free to ignore the commentary and enjoy the pictures. :-)
spiralsheepI went for a walk in Worcester as I(a) of the June challenge in a repeat of my identical flanage last June because I wanted to re-cap "the Hive" from the same angles now the building is finished.
Report at my journal with 8 small images.
Report at my journal with 8 small images.
