Location 3: Woodbridge, Deben Estuary
February 9, 2012
Location 3: Deben Estuary, Suffolk Our final interview stop was the town of Woodbridge on the Deben estuary, Suffolk coast, where we visited Simon Read, a visual artist whose work helps local communities to imagine what the future holds for Suffolk’s changing coast. Since 1980, Simon has lived on a sea going Dutch barge which …
Location 2: Alkborough Flats
Location 2: Alkborough Flats, North Lincolnshire We spent Tuesday on the train, travelling from Falmouth to ‘sunny Scunny’ as the train manager proudly announced as we pulled into a rather cold and snowy Scunthorpe. After meeting Mike Pearson at our B&B we headed out to a pub in Brigg for some warming Lincolnshire sausages and …
Location 1: Mullion Harbour, Cornwall
February 7, 2012
So we made it to Cornwall late last night and this morning set off for Mullion Harbour on the Lizard Peninsula, picking up cultural geographer Caitlin DeSilvey on the way. The film crew of Ben, Tom and Matt were already there, capturing cutaway shots of the harbour and surrounding dramatic coastal landscape. The day began …
A day in the life of a Geographer … Lucy Veale
February 5, 2012
Sunday 5th February This week I’m on a tour of the English coast with Professor Stephen Daniels. Weather permitting (I’m writing this from quite a snowy Beeston), we’re going to be visiting Mullion Harbour in Cornwall, Alkborough Flats in North Lincolnshire and the Deben Estuary in Suffolk – all by train as far as …
A day in the life of a Geographer … an introduction
February 3, 2012
As of next week this blog will host our new series “A Day in the Life of a Geographer”, each week a different individual, from a group drawn from across the School, will talk about what they have been up to, however exciting this may be! The blog posts will describe why we all find …
Simon Gosling reports from the 19th International Congress of Biometeorology in New Zealand
December 16, 2011
I have spent the last week at the 19th International Congress of Biometeorology (ICB), which has been hosted by the University of Auckland. It has been an interesting, exciting and busy week. I attended the conference for a number of reasons; firstly in my capacity as the Chair of the Students and New Professionals Group …
Sarah Metcalfe goes Stateside
December 15, 2011
I’ve just returned from nearly two months based at the US Geological Survey (USGS) at Menlo Park, south of San Francisco. I was there to work with Dr. John Barron on the history of the Mexican, or North American, Monsoon which is key to bringing summer rain to much of Mexico and the states of …
Suzanne McGowan talks about her ‘Flying Doctor’ visit to Malaysia
December 13, 2011
It’s the end of November and the plan is to go over to our campus in Malaysia for two weeks. The School of Geography started a Masters course in Environmental Monitoring and Management here last year and we are aiming to replicate the modules that we do in the UK at the Malaysian campus. I …
Matt Jones and Suzanne McGowan talk us through what they got up to in this semester’s Fieldwork Week
November 14, 2011
We’re writing this on Saturday evening from our rented cottage near Hawkshead Hill in the Lake District. We’ve had a busy few days up here to finish off what has been a packed fieldwork week. On Monday and Tuesday we led field trips for our first year Physical Landscapes of Britain module up to what …
My final day in Westminster
November 4, 2011
Yesterday was my final day in Westminster on the Royal Society Pairing Scheme. There is no sitting in the House of Commons this Friday and I also had to return to Nottingham for my lecturing commitments, which included a 9am lecture on Friday morning. Otherwise I would have certainly attended Parliamentary Karaoke in the Sports …
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