INTRODUCTION
Being up bright and early this morning and noting the sunny weather I headed off for a walk. The body of this post is devoted to sharing the best sights from that walk. After that I have some links and infographics to share. I hope you enjoy this post and will be encouraged to share it.
THE WALK
My first ports of call were…
THE TUESDAY MARKET PLACE AND ST NICHOLAS CHAPEL
These places looked very fine in the sun. The extensive restoration work on the chapel is now nearly complete.
From there I headed to…
BAWSEY DRAIN
This is a far more significant waterway than that name may suggest, and was rewarded with a clutch of fine pictures in that section of the walk…
I left Bawsey drain part way along it’s length to head towards the Great Ouse by means of a nice route that I know, but I am briefly going to diverge from strict geographical recounting for a subsection on…
BUTTERFLIES
The butterflies were out in force, but it is always difficult to photograph them due to their speed. Nevertheless, I did get some good pics to share…
ARRIVING AT THE GREAT OUSE
Just a few pics here, but it was a delight to see the river at very high tide…
My next set of pictures are themed around a small but (to me) very significant little landmark which I have dubbed…
CORMORANT PLATFORM
The very high tide meant that most of the structure was submerged, and the presence of boats and the river and West Lynn Church on the far bank also contributed to a great set of pictures…
Not all of the boats i saw on the river were there for leisure purposes – there was also a…
RESEARCH VESSEL
Four pics showing the boat and website details…
From here all that was left was…
THE HOME STRETCH
The pictures I took in these final few minutes are very varied…
We have reached the end of my walk, but I do hope some of you stay for the…
LINKS
I have a shed load of important links to share, starting with some on…
CONSERVATION
My first link comes courtesy of Huffington Post and features Richard Dawkins giving Idaho huntress Sabrina Corgatelli the full treatment.
My next three links are part of a developing story involving airlines stopping the idiots from getting their “trophies” home…
- First to step up to the plate by refusing to carry such items were Delta.
- Who have already been joined by American Airlines and United.
- On change.org a petition is taking off to get South African Airways to impose a like ban.
Although it was a universally revered lion whose demise sparked this activity they are not the only species targeted by noxious individuals, and my next link is to a take part petition on behalf of the elephant.
Finally in this subsection, from Mark Avery comes a story about hen harriers which was written in response to a piece in the Telegraph that was shockingly inaccurate even by the “standards” of that detestable rag.
SCIENCE
Just a few links in this subsection. First up, a brilliant scheme from Norway to combat climate change (unlike the “I’m all right Jack” types who currently form the British government these people can see beyond their own immediate concerns). I am also classing as science these two connected links regarding London postcodes:
1)From londonist an interesting post about why London which has compass point themed postcodes beginning with E, SE,SW,W,NW and N has no S or NE postcodes.
2)The website of the author of the above piece, mapping modernity.
Finally in this section, a quirky piece about science facts, accompanied by a graphic. courtesy of viralands – there are 22 facts in total in this piece.
DISABILITY AND AUTISM
A few links in this section, which i shall present as a bulleted list:
- From Scope comes this piece entitled “Do You Have a License For That“
- Next, by way of Autism Daily Newscast comes this story of discrimination against an autistic person by furniture giant IKEA.
- Kevin Healey’s long standing battle to get twitter to verify his account and protect him from trolls continues.
- A feelgood story from The Mighty titled “A Little Girl Asked Why My Daughter With Autism Is Weird. Her Friend Had the Best Response”
CELEBRATE SUFFRAGETTES NOT SERIAL KILLERS
I mentioned this yesterday, and the story has moved on since then. My source today is Socialist Worker with a piece giving great detail, including the fact that the museum which got planning permission on false pretences did not open yesterday as planned – let us hope that in it’s current incarnation as a musuem dedicated to Jack the Ripper it never does open its doors. here are the two links:
ODDS AND ENDS
A final bulleted lists of links that did not belong anywhere above but which I wish to share:
- From Amnesty USA comes this very important petition:
Stop Crackdown Against Lawyers and Activists in China
- I do not often mention football in this blog, but I had to make an exception for this story titledAlmira becomes first Pakistani woman footballer to play in UK
INFOGRAPHICS
A few infographics to round things off…
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