Category Archives: geography

Posts predominantly related to Geography

Visualising the spread of cities throughout time

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

As I’m really busy with my tours this week and don’t have a great deal of time to do a lot of writing, instead I found neat little video that I found that conveys a fascinating subject. The creation and … Continue reading →

Posted in geography, history | Tagged City, Civilisation, Culture, history, Iraq, Life, Maps, Roman | 9 Comments

May Map Madness

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

I am busy in real life at the moment. London and the U.K. is bursting with tourists and I barely have a moment to think. So in lieu of one my more wordy blog posts, here are some more … Continue reading →

Posted in Funny & Humour, geography | Tagged Funny, geography, Humor, Humour, Life, Maps, Politics, Travel | 7 Comments

Amazing maps tracking the cargo ships of the world

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

I’ve posted plenty of posts dedicated to maps over the years but none quite like this. This special project was undertaken by UCL and Kiln in London and tracks all the major cargo vessels of the world. As well as … Continue reading →

Posted in geography, Science and Engineering | Tagged Cargo Ships, climate change, English Channel, Environment, geography, Life, Maps, Oceans, Trade, Travel | 1 Comment

Are British really obsessed with weather

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

Earlier this week I posted about whether the widely known stereotype of us British having bad teeth had any validity? In the end, it had none at all and we can rest easy knowing there are few with more healthy … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Britannia, geography, Life, Popular Culture, Uncategorized | Tagged British Problems, England, Life, London, Snow, Stereotypes, Travel, United Kingdom, Weather | 7 Comments

The Drowned Village of Dunwich

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

There are several places around Britain that are said could be the location of the mythical Atlantis. Last year I wrote about Doggerland in the North Sea, another possible location are the Isle of Scilly which in recorded history were … Continue reading →

Posted in geography, history | Tagged Anglo-Saxon, Atlantis, climate change, Coastal Erosion, Dunwich, history, Life, North Sea, Saint Marcellus' flood, Storms, Suffolk, Tsunami | 3 Comments

Still Lost In The World Of Maps

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

It is over three years ago since I wrote the First of Two posts on maps. In the meantime, they have been visited by tens of thousands of people which is pretty unbelievable. So I thought it was high time … Continue reading →

Posted in geography, Travel | Tagged geography, Maps, Politics, Travel | 7 Comments

Visiting the magical land behind a waterfall and underground caving!

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Stephen Liddell

So far on our holiday no two days had been the same and this was to be no different. After doing a soot of shopping in Alston, the highest market town in England, we headed east over the Peninnes and … Continue reading →