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Walking around the Wharf

8th September 2013 by Mark Hawkins

A large expanse of water lies virtually on my doorstep. Not an ocean, pond or lake, but an unused industrial dock. ‘The Wharf’, as it is to me, is officially known as The Bute East Dock and was constructed to ease pressure on the existing Bute Dock in the 1850s before being closed in 1970. […]

Bristol fashion

30th August 2013 by Mark Hawkins

“Ship shape and Bristol fashion..” Adj. (chiefly nautical) Tidily tied down and secure. – Wikipedia http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shipshape_and_Bristol_fashion Not much distance separates the UK cities of Cardiff and Bristol. Just under 45 miles of road, if Google is to be believed, as well as the River Severn estuary and a fairly important border that divides Wales and England. In terms of population, […]

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Graduation daze

30th July 2013 by Mark Hawkins

(Small images due to blog post being migrated from an earlier website). Cities up and down the UK have been buzzing with graduation ceremonies in recent weeks. This year’s excitement was underscored by sweltering summer weather, reflected in the desperately parched lawns. However, the cities, campuses and institutions have sparkled like the people being […]

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burnt popcorn

8th July 2013 by Mark Hawkins

fell to earth, a photo by MHPhotos_ on Flickr. “Bleurghhh…” my girlfriend gagged about a week ago, after tossing some popcorn into her mouth. It transpired that some of the popcorn had been overcooked, a bit like her reaction. As she went to the bin in the kitchen to theatrically spit out the offending charcoal, […]

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Wisconsin roadtrip

23rd June 2013 by Mark Hawkins

Another travel blog. This about an aimless road-trip from Chicago around the state of Wisconsin in late 2010. “Do you want the change?” the checkout girl says, and I pause. She’s helped me pack my groceries in an unfamiliar type of tall paper bag of the kind characters carry in American sitcoms, so that’s probably […]