Roddy's thoughts and pictures at the close of the day
The big problem with trying to follow Dad’s footsteps in Iceland is that I really had no idea where he had been. I had plenty of pictures of him outside Nissen huts in the snow, with his leg in plaster, on a motorbike etc but usually no clue as to where the snaps were taken. ... Continue Reading →
Dad's regiment in World War Two was the 1st/6th Duke of Wellington's (the Dukes) which was based in Skipton. He had a tough time during the war since they were part of the rearguard defending the British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk and then saw action in Normandy in 1944. In between times the Dukes sailed... Continue Reading →
This is the last of the four maps based on data in the 2011 Population Census and it plots the dispersal of Grahamstown's small number of Indians or Asians (total 484). The distribution of Grahamstown's Indian or Asian population shows a wide spread through the former white areas. Their group area was located two kilometres almost... Continue Reading →
With 5657 people the white population was the third largest group in Grahamstown recorded in the 2011 Population Census. The map of their distribution shows that the centre of gravity (weighted mean centre) lies approximately one kilometre north west of the Cathedral. Most of the white population live in the northern suburbs and western side... Continue Reading →
The distribution of the coloured population (total 7615) is the second map in this series showing Grahamstown's racial distributions in 2011. The main concentration is still immediately to the west of the townships, especially to the northern side of the urban area. This isn't surprising as the coloured group area was located there: north of... Continue Reading →
This is the first of a number of posts mapping racial data and shows Grahamstown's Black African population using information extracted from the 2011 Census. The most detailed geographical statistics from the Population Census consist of information for very small areas (the so called small area layer). There are over 50,000 small areas in South... Continue Reading →
Yesterday there was a very clear ice halo above Rhodes University. I was busy working in the Geography Department when just after 9.00 Ian Meiklejohn called me out of the office to come and look. After a quick glance I dashed back in for my trusty Samsung Duos phone to grab a few pictures of... Continue Reading →
A new compact camera was waiting for me at Willy's post office in Uddevalla last month. It's the Pentax WG-3 GPS that I took around with me. Here are six of my better efforts with the new technology: A sunset from the cliffs above Äsperöd where our apartment is; Black and white leaves and a... Continue Reading →
We are clearly not alone. These two aliens were keeping their eyes on me in the Orchid House of the Botanic Gardens in Göteborg ....
The first of these haiku was written at home in the early morning. The second could have been anywhere. I guess they should be called Hadedas and Catching Flies? Hunched like nuns in the coral tree They cackle at dawn Hadedas ........... Basking like a seal on warm black rocks Mouth open, mind free Catching... Continue Reading →
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