Ed Parsons

Penultimate Pastures

The London Loop Part 12: Coulsdon South to Ewell And so we come to the penultimate section of the loop, a short eight miles on a Sunday afternoon leaving another roughly eight mile section to complete. Starting back at...

The rain in Rainham

The London Loop Part 8: Upminster Bridge to Purfleet The last section of my Loop walk north of the River Thames so I will have finished half of my circumnavigation just in time for Lockdown 2.0 ! This was not the most...

TOWIE

The London Loop Part 7: Chigwell to Upminster Bridge The Only Way is Essex ? Well yesterday walking this section it was and it was another long one at 16 miles! The first section climbing up from Chigwell into the...

Is it Lea or Lee ?

The London Loop Part 6: Cockfosters to Chigwell The longest section so far at just over 18 miles, with quite some contrast with arable agriculture replaced within a few minutes with industrial estates ! The first two...

Muddy mate ?

The London Loop Part 5: Elstree to Cockfosters October of course it’s muddy! Good job my trusty walking boots were on my feet, despite the urban feel to the western section of the route and the dry conditions in...

Despite the clouds..

The London Loop Part 4: Northwood to Elstree It did not rain ! I had planned to spend the weekend in the West Country, but this time bad weather rather than COVID-19 changed my plans, so despite some at times ominous...

Heading East..

The London Loop Part 3: Uxbridge to Northwood A short section this, as expected getting to and from the start and end points on public transport took almost as much time as walking the route. The first section from...

All along the towpath..

The London Loop Part 2: Hatton Cross to Uxbridge Today was a much needed day off away from the screens of the home office and a great day for walking. I have been thinking a lot recently on the nature of the...

COVID – Where are the Geographers ?

I happened to be searching this blog for some material this morning and came across this partial post from 13 years ago Foot and Mouth a Geographical Problem. An outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) occurred in...

Lights, Camera, Action – Some Video Conference tips to make you look better !

Over the last month we have all become regular video conference participants, of course very much par for the course for me but the rest of the family are now taking part in online quizzes, community meetups and have...

You wait ages for a bus and then…

So the saying goes, you wait ages for a bus and then an Open Data project comes along .. I was asked to speak at the launch event of the UK Dept. of Transport Bus Open Data Digital Services (BODDS) yesterday which aims...

There’s a bit of geo in everything

Ed Parsons, Geospatial Technologist, Google Technology is increasingly becoming invisible, as it becomes a part of our daily lives and becomes ubiquitous. We think less about the devices that we carry around, be they...

If you can’t link to it… does it exist ?

“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” So goes the well-known philosophical thought experiment, however rather than a discourse on observation and perception I’d like to hijack the experiment for an argument I have been making on and off for the last couple of years and which was well summarised in a tweet summarising my point last month.. Quote @edparsons "Info that is not...