"Look at it this way"

Another chance to hear a radio adaptation of Robert MacFarlane's 'The Old Ways' In case of interest, the five-part BBC radio adaptation of The Old Ways, read by @thatdanstevens , is available again https://t.co/qu9wG8W02q pic.twitter.com/J6bAPfulK9 — Robert Macfarlane (@RobGMacfarlane) May 9, 2017

My seminars are available to view on my  SLIDESHARE page. SAGT Presentation from GeoBlogs I referred to Paul Cornish’s useful diagram from the GA’s curriculum planning site , which asks questions relating to the choice of case studies. Hopefully these move away from ‘the one in the textbook’… and are influenced by student and teacher choice and also experiences. I used the idea from Doreen Massey’s lecture where she referred to mountains themselves as ‘migrants’ in that they were constantly moving and changing, and how maps are a surface on which millions of stories are told. The idea of curriculum making came through, as did the idea of telling stories. Geography means 'writing the Earth' of course, and there are lots of opportunities for this to happen in familiar landscapes. I talked about teaching about mountains in the Fens, where the highest point was only 26m above sea level. I used an extract from Robert MacFarlane's 'The Old Ways' ...

If you have some free time this summer, you could follow in the footsteps of Robert MacFarlane, who has featured in this blog many times... Visit the Wayfarer website for more details and to enter the competition.... We’re looking for someone who doesn’t mind getting their boots dirty, can string a sentence or two together and can get creative about how they share their journey with the world. You should already know your way around social networks and be able to produce short videos on your own. The winner will become our Wayfarer and will get paid to travel around the UK throughout July and August (so please only enter if you’ll be available all summer). You’ll visit some of the Old Ways paths, but, even better, you’ll strike out on your own and make some new discoveries, on or off the beaten path. You will then report back on your adventures through blog posts, photos, videos and tweets.

Surprised to find that my copy of the new Robert MacFarlane 'The Old Ways' arrived today, although it's not supposed to be out until the 7th of June. Not that I'm complaining... Started reading it straight away... was supposed to be saving it for summer.

There's an event in London in June where you can hear Robert MacFarlane talk about his new book 'The Old Ways'. I am due to be in London I think on that day and will try to go along if the timings work..... How do the landscapes we love shape the people we are? Why do we walk? Join celebrated travel writer Robert Macfarlane for an evening exploring geography, memory, pilgrimage and adventure. For several years and more than a thousand miles, Macfarlane has been following the vast network of old paths and routes that criss-cross Britain and its waters, and connect them to countries and continents beyond. His journeys have taken him from the chalk downs of southern England to the remote bird-islands of the Scottish north-west, from the disputed territories of Palestine to the pilgrimage routes of Spain and the sacred landscapes of the eastern Himalayas. Along the way – along the ways – he has walked stride for stride with a 5,000-year-old man near Liverpool, followed t...