tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550174673876716587.post1054315123197467077..comments2024-02-29T06:04:10.788+00:00Comments on Cultural Geography Blog: Time to eat the dogs...Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550174673876716587.post-75734125081114222622010-12-19T18:46:05.953+00:002010-12-19T18:46:05.953+00:00Thanks Kenny.
We have an abandoned village just up...Thanks Kenny.<br />We have an abandoned village just up the road in Norfolk, and I'm sure there are many paths I haven't been down yet, though I've only lived in my village for 6 months...<br />I liked this blog post a lot, and there have been quite a few good finds in the last few days which I shall add here when I get a moment...Alan Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550174673876716587.post-51157871508082653652010-12-19T18:06:59.298+00:002010-12-19T18:06:59.298+00:00Hi Alan, from a personal and professional viewpoin...Hi Alan, from a personal and professional viewpoint, this really interests me. I have recently been geocaching in my spare time with my six year old son. Having stayed where I do for 25 years and with a connection through relatives for my whole life, it has been fascinating finding parts of my locality that I vaguely knew about or did not know at all. Even more so, there is often a wonderful tale behind these-yesterday, for example, took us to a village wiped from the face of the map. As someone who was fortunate to be indulged in exploring spaces when I was younger, I am now acutely aware as a parent that my own kids deserve the same opportunities.<br />Alastair Humphreys blogs quite frequently about microadventures and, while his are on a different scale, there is a great scope in schools to promote this kind of experiential account of children's connection with their spaces. Through this, one would hope that a natural curiosity might develop which encourages them to be less passive about the far off places we feel that we know through exposure via the media. Maybe as geographers, the most important field trip we can encourage a child to go on is the one which takes them just beyond their front door.Kenny O'Donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773930385726946977noreply@blogger.com