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Walking with Charles Dickens
The road between Cooling and High Halstow My walking is of two kinds: one, straight on end to a definite goal at a round pace; one, objectless, loitering, and purely vagabond. In the latter state, no...
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The scientific method
Bryan Cranston as Walter White in Breaking Bad Chemistry – well, technically chemistry is the study of matter. But I prefer to see it as the study of change. Now just think about this. Electrons, they...
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Dickensian
Dickensian What sad news that there is to be no second series of Dickensian, the superlative mashup of Charles Dickens’ characters by Tony Jordan, the Eastenders writer. Over twenty episodes the series...
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Homes and works
Gad’s Hill Place (rear view)A sturdy walking distance from here is Higham, a village midway on the main road from Rochester to Gravesend, with commanding views over the Medway valley and Thames...
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On Horrid Hill
Horrid HillFor walkers in Kent there are some notable long-distance footpaths with which to get the measure of the county (and beyond). I’ve never had the time or application to walk the entire length...
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A day in Rochester
Rochester castle and cathedral It’s another sunny day. Today I shall visit Rochester, because Rochester is where I live, and to where I am confined in these days of Coronavirus lockdown, even as that...
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Day-dreams and bad dreams
All the Year Round, 29 August 1863, via Dickens Journals Online There are some small out-of-the-way landing-places on the Thames and the Medway, where I do much of my summer idling. Running water is...
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Egypt Bay
Egypt Bay Some places have so little to tell about themselves, and that can be part of their appeal. Take Egypt Bay, for example. It’s a small bay on the northern coast of the Hoo Peninsula, that...
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Pip, Lean and Cinderella
Pip emerging out of the mist Plant a pip, and you hope that it will grow. It will, in time, establish roots and shoot upwards, growing in depth while it reaches up to the light. It is how all stories...
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