Following on from my post yesterday, I said I would cover the East end side of the Spine Road Bridge in the Cotswold WaterParks. I still don’t know who knew where I was based on the photo on my 365. The information sign showing information about the Canal on the […]
Walking
After abandoning “The Two Ting’s” Campaign, and removing the Tow-path Cycling Permit, British Waterways, (Canal and Rivers Trust) in partnership with TfL, have had a cunning idea to make cycling and walking on the London Cycle paths to coexist in a more peaceful manor. Given that the canal towpaths round most of the route they are talking about do […]
Today I picked up a black Fujifilm finepix XP30 camera. As a replacement to the camera built into my phone (an iPhone 3G) the Fujifilm finepix XP30 has all the features that the XP20 has; water, dust, shock, and freezer proof (I would have said resistant. But then again. I […]
I got the following email off of Transport for London’s Ben Plowden: Dear Skippy, I am writing to both cyclists and drivers to remind them to take care on London’s roads. Cyclists are reminded to: Be aware of blind spots all around large vehicles. It’s often safer to hang back […]
On the same day as looking around the Thames Head, Loupie and I made our way to Sapperton Tunnel for a look-see; Sapperton Tunnel is unfortunately not filled with water, nor empty (if it was dry I would have walked up to the gate across it, if it was […]
[photonav url=’http://camcrew.co.uk/uploads/2011-07-02_SOT.jpg’] A while ago Loupie and I went to Trewsbury Mead to look for the source of the Thames; Thames Head There’s a little cup in the Cotswold HillsWhich a spring in a meadow bubbles and fillsSpanned by a heron’s wing, crossed by a strideCalm and untroubled by dreams […]
A while ago I read Lee Rouke’s “The Canal” as part of Task 16; yesterday Loupie and I went for a walk to look see if we could find where the bench in the book was; well this is my best guess: [photonav url=’http://skippy.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/the_bench.jpg’ mode=’move’ popup=’none’ animate=’1′] It is here […]
Themes21 are an environmental charity working with London communities to bring London’s waterways to life. They plan to clean up waterside grot-spots, remove graffiti and create new habitats for wildlife and aim to transform neglected and littered waterways into areas that everyone can use and enjoy. As one of the projects they […]
Google Earth Canal Maps GECM (Google Earth Canal Maps) is an on-going attempt to maps all the canals of the UK on Google Earths/Google Maps, including all the derelict ans in-filled ones. its a cool cartography project.