Tag Archives: National Trust

Mobile Learning with Maps: Heritage Trails

Posted on November 12, 2014 by julianstodd

I was lucky enough to get lost yesterday in good company, which is the very best way to do it. I’d met up with an Australian friend, Mark, and Bee Yin, who produces Heritage trails here in Singapore. Our objective … Continue reading →

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The Boatman

Posted on October 14, 2014 by julianstodd

The windows were steamed up this morning: single glazing lets the warm, humid air inside the cottage connect with glass cooled by the fresh sea breeze outside. At this touchpoint, this connection, the condensation forms. Fine drops of water coalescing … Continue reading →

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Island Life: Isolation and Purpose

Posted on October 13, 2014 by julianstodd

Barely a mile and a half by one mile, Brownsea Island is hard to get lost on. Nestled like a cork in the bottleneck of Poole Harbour, it’s been inhabited since ancient times, most recently by the National Trust, who … Continue reading →

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Landscape of Norfolk: Exploring Adaptation, Culture and Dereliction

Posted on August 14, 2014 by julianstodd

Norfolk has a lot of churches: climb the rickety stairs to the top of a tower and you will probably see half a dozen more within just a few miles. Not that you’re allowed to climb many of them anymore: … Continue reading →

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#GoogleGlass for learning: The National Trust experience

Posted on August 11, 2014 by julianstodd

Whilst i enjoy the history, the cream tea is an essential part of the experience. Whether you go jam first, layering your cream on top, or cream first (which, just to be clear, is wrong), there’s nothing quite like sitting … Continue reading →

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Assailing the Castle of Resistance

Posted on May 30, 2014 by julianstodd

It’s a long climb on a hot day: up the path, over the drawbridge, into the keep. Around you the ruined walls lean out over the abyss at crazy angles. Maybe twelve feet thick, leaning at thirty or forty degrees, … Continue reading →

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