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Trip: UK and Ireland

There are [4] stories from my trip: UK and Ireland


Ebbs and Flows

UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 12 Sep 2008 | Views [803]

Beneath London's streets the water pipes leak; they were installed the century before last, and are showing their age. All across London the roadworks continue; the water pipes are being dug up and replaced. By 2010, proclaim the signs, another Victorian ... Read more >


Authenticity

UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 8 Sep 2008 | Views [791]

My ability to happily suspend disbelief appears to have withered. There's a shop stuffed with Beatles memorabilia at 231 Baker Street, and a shop dedicated to Elvis memorabilia next to that.  A couple of doors further up, nestled between numbers ... Read more >


In Highgate Cemetery

UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 2 Sep 2008 | Views [544]

The granite blocks have been squared and polished.  The low wrought iron fence, now gently rusting, has been set to ensure that visitors approach from the pebbled main circuit via the short flagstoned walk and not over the lawn.  The graven inscription ... Read more >


Linear Minutiae [finally completed]

UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 29 Aug 2008 | Views [733] | Comments [1]

Behold, a reasonably unadorned chronology that will be updated from time to time for the benefit of those who for some reason enjoy this kind of thing. Sat 29 Aug: Bus from Canberra to Sydney; Flight from Sydney to Abu Dhabi. Bored yet? Sun 30 ... Read more >