It may or may not be an urban myth that the Eskimos have a huge number of words for snow. After a week walking the sands of the Dyfi estuary in mid Wales, I am sure that the Welsh should have at least as many words for sand. Fine sand, medium sand, coarse sand - this [...]
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We had the first meeting to organise this year’s Haddington triathlon the other night. With all the new building that has gone on in Haddington in recent years and associated changes to road layouts, we have decided to alter the run route this year to separate the cyclists and runners at a few dangerous bottlenecks. [...]
Raison d’être
Published June 8th, 2007 in Blogging, Boys, School, Standard Grades, Surveys and broken ankle. 4 CommentsNow that the Standard Grades are over, and school is winding down for the year, I have this niggling feeling that my raison d’être has gone, vanished, disparu. Perhaps I should write a final blog post, following the lead of AB and Blethers. Trouble is, it’s too addictive and I’m not sure I could even [...]
Just back from field work in Cardigan Bay. I’ll write something later but in the meantime, here’s one for Tess…
… who I’m sure will tell you what it is! Although I see she’s busy in London so I might have to leave you all to guess.
All at sea
Published May 1st, 2007 in Boys, Microscope, School, Standard Grades, Surveys and Working at home. 1 CommentIt seems that most of the Irish Sea - well, the seabed - has just arrived in my back yard, as a result of one of the quotes I did last week. If I had my camera, which I mislaid at Dunbar last week, I would show you what it looks like and why I [...]
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