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Wind In The Willows And Poplars

John Elkington · 28 March 2016 · Leave a Comment

A passing shot at Volans on Thursday
A passing shot at Volans on Thursday
Steamer commemorated in Duke's Meadows
Steamer commemorated in Duke’s Meadows
I liked the fish
I liked the fish
So now we know where we are
So now we know where we are
Victory
Victory
A Thames of burning wax
A Thames of burning wax
Looking west from the north shore
Looking west from the north shore
Scamp 1
Scamp 1
Scamp 2
Scamp 2
Resourceful
Resourceful
Replanting on eyot
Ship shape on eyot
Shadows
Shadows
Peter Randall-Page sculpture, stumbled upon
Peter Randall-Page sculpture, stumbled upon
News from Nowhere sign
News from Nowhere sign
Owl, figurine
Owl, figurine
A head
A head
Climbing up onto Hammersmith Bridge
Climbing up onto Hammersmith Bridge

 

Having spent much of the Easter weekend working on the Breakthrough Innovation Program paper, I suggested we walk across Barnes Bridge. It turned into quite a hike.

Leaving around 12.00, we made our way across the Bridge, through Duke’s Meadows, along the north bank of the Thames to Hammersmith Bridge, and then back along the southern shore to Barnes, arriving home some two-and-a-half hours later.

One of the best walks we’ve done in some time. Weather fitful: bright sun, interspersed with quite high winds. This morning and later, there were bursts of hail. And this morning the newspapers had been turned to paper maché in the porch.

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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.

In addition, my blogs have appeared on many sites such as: Chinadialogue, CSRWire, Fast Company, GreenBiz, Guardian Sustainable Business, and the Harvard Business Review.

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