Category Archives: geography

Places, maps, speculation

Research trips in February

Posted on 13/03/2020 by Peter Cameron

I don’t know how things have got so busy. I had two interesting trips in February; I worked hard, and some interesting mathematics resulted; but I don’t seem to have found the time to describe it. So here goes. This … Continue reading →

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A puzzle

Posted on 27/09/2019 by Peter Cameron

Last weekend we walked from Kinross to Falkland. Kinross is on the shore of Loch Leven (not the sea-loch of the same name on the west coast), which is drained by the River Leven (which flows into the Firth of … Continue reading →

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G2D2, 3: excursions

Posted on 27/08/2019 by Peter Cameron

Yaokun Wu wrote me about the China Three Gorges University logo: Another understanding of the logo of TGU is some sailing boats and books, meaning sailing in the sea (river) of books. As evidence for this, here is a picture … Continue reading →

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Mary Queen of Scots Way

Posted on 21/04/2019 by Peter Cameron

Walking is very popular now. To meet the demand, many new named long-distance paths have been created. I wrote earlier about my proposed X to Y walk, which I fully intended to do when I retired, but I haven’t quite … Continue reading →

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Portugal’s oldest university?

Posted on 26/03/2018 by Peter Cameron

I am in Portugal, a country which is as near as can be my second home now. At the weekend, we went on an incredible trip to the Alentejo, the region of Portugal between the river Tejo and the Algarve. … Continue reading →

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A trip to Hull

Posted on 10/03/2018 by Peter Cameron

At the end of last week I went to Hull. This is a place I hadn’t been to before, although it was City of Culture last year. I stayed overnight in the Hull Royal Hotel, where Queen Victoria (pictured above) … Continue reading →

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Around All Hallows Eve

Posted on 01/11/2017 by Peter Cameron

A few things to note, at this very autumnal time of year. On Saturday we went to a concert, part of the St Andrews Voices festival. The concert was given by Dowland Works (five singers including Emma Kirkby, and two … Continue reading →

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The Fife Coastal Path

Posted on 23/10/2017 by Peter Cameron

A week or so ago saw for me the end of a journey that had been in progress for more than twelve years. I first walked a stretch of the Fife Coastal Path (St Andrews to Crail) on the free … Continue reading →

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Diversions

Posted on 14/01/2017 by Peter Cameron

These days I travel fairly often on the East Coast Main Line between London and Leuchars (for St Andrews). Last spring, for one journey they had announced when I made the booking that the train would leave Kings Cross 13 … Continue reading →

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The Wendover Arm

Posted on 02/01/2017 by Peter Cameron

On New Year’s Eve, I walked along the Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal. This turns off the main line of the Grand Union at Bulbourne and runs to the small Buckinghamshire town of Wendover. I started at Tring … Continue reading →

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