Archive for May, 2013

Stage 2 Notes

  • 2nd May 2013

Last night the barman said, We’re expecting a thousand cyclists through here tomorrow but I am not sure what it’s all about. Landscapes we moved through: Fields so vast they are no longer fields but the landscape itself. The only thing moving for flat open field miles is a caterpillar-tracked…

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Stage 1 Notes

  • 1st May 2013

Landscapes we moved through: West Yorkshire canal, running behind things, a parallel canal life Urban Leeds – feeling weird on a bike/in bike gear Somewhere after Leeds the canal becomes an inland waterway Holland Familiar landmarks on an unfamiliar horizon, Emley Mast, Bridgewater House, Ilkley Moor Post-mining – grassy knolls…

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