The end of the semester is fast approaching. In the spirit of trying to savor the experiences of the semester, yesterday I returned one final time to the Thames Path. It is my final ramble. I consider the Path a hallowed place in my personal geography. I don’t know if I will ever have the […]
The end of the semester is looming, so a lot of my attention has turned toward the important but unglamorous work of wrapping up courses with students, preparing them for finals, and girding myself to grade large batches of final papers. Even though the Thames River Ramble is behind me, I am still thinking a
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[Note: I wrote this post last Thursday after arriving back in Oxford. I didn’t have time to upload pictures before our group left for London, so I am only now posting. A complete set of pictures from leg 14 of the ramble may be found here] When my oldest son Theo turned nine we bought
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I woke up early Thursday morning looking forward to a “light” 10-mile ramble from Putney Bridge to Tower Bridge, the heart of London. The day did not turn out as I expected. The trip to London was just fine. I took the 5 AM Tube to London, getting off at Notting Hill, just a short
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I miscounted the miles of this journey. After leg 11, I figured that I had hiked 145 miles of the Thames River Path, leaving me just 40 miles to complete in the London metro area. However, reviewing my map prior to leg 12 I discovered that I was in error. The distance between Hampton Court
[[Note: I am posting this two days after completing this leg of the ramble. A complete set of pictures for this leg may be found here.] I woke early on Sunday eager to get a quick start on my ramble, the final leg of my trip northward from Oxford to the Source. The 12.5 miles
