rambling

Around Britain with a theodolite: a celebration of the Ordnance Survey maps

26 September 2026 9:00 am

With their finely drawn symbols for hedges, fences, ‘gentlemen’s seats’ and letterboxes, the first maps gave the intimacies of landscape a cosy storybook intensity

Real life

3 October 2020 9:00 am

The pile of fly-tipping was dumped in the night as usual, right against the five bar gate. I arrived to…

Real life

26 September 2020 9:00 am

The Volkswagen Passat was parked next to my field gate, sticking out into the lane, blocking larger vehicles from getting…