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Bottle Battle in Greenwich

John Elkington · 4 June 2015 · Leave a Comment

Lions on Frederick's barge
Lions on Prince Frederick’s barge
Pickled ship
Pickled ship
Astrid on the fence
Astrid on the fence
Panorama back across London
Panorama back across London
A difficult passage
A difficult passage
Astrid shows us how to play (modified forms of) Viking Chess
Astrid shows us how to play (modified forms of) ‘Viking Chess’
Later in the Bottle Battle
Later in the Bottle Battle

 

A delightful team away day in Greenwich, at least for those who could make it. We kicked off at The Old Brewery, then went for a wander to the top of Observatory Hill, then back to play what Astrid told us was Viking Chess – but which we were forced to adapt heavily, because we didn’t have the right utensils. So we used bottles of water as the relevant pieces, to the sound of slightly faltering operatic arias from the nearby building – and by the end of the game we were thinking of trademarking the wondrous Bottle Battle. Afterwards, Sam and I boarded a river boat back to Embankment. Wonderful views of the city, but it would be great if they would wash the windows.

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I began this blog with an entry reporting on a visit to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod, on 30 September 2003. The blog element of the website has gone through several iterations since, with much of the older material still available.

Like so many things in my life, blog entries blur the boundaries between the personal and the professional. As explained on this site’s Home Page, the website and the blog are part platform for ongoing projects, part autobiography, and part accountability mechanism.

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