A trip down memory lane for some, for others you have the fun to come. One of the walks on the MFL-Humanities Berlin visit, using embeddable Google Maps, with thanks to Stringy for the video. Direct link.

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Was it really a summer? Two weeks to go… and off to the doctor tomorrow .

Thanks to Mary for producing these quizzes about geography in the news this summer.  Have a go at En Garde and Shoot the Hoop, how did you do?

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I’ve been having a play with Animoto this evening, it allows you to produce impressive looking videos of your images. You only upload images and if you wish music, the website does all the hard work mixing the final product. I uploaded from my flickr account and used the music available. Short movies are free. This video shows images from our Japanese Exchange.

Hat-tip Justin Medved

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Before you look…

a) Name the geographical feature in the image.

b) Name the location of the feature.

c) Name the issue the photographer is trying to highlight.

Answers here.

Hat-tip Val Vannet.

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I never get bored of watching these, there are a good selection on YouTube. A nice example here of New York.

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I’ve been sent a nice postcard from Miss Thornhill who is currently on her second day of teaching in the U.S. . Hoping for a couple more…

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Alan has asked us to about our favourite British views, as featured in tonight’s programme on I.T.V. . So here are mine…

• Cwn Idwal, Snowdoina, Wales.

I don’t think I’ll ever get bored of seeing the views around this corrie, either from the lip or the headwall, it’s always a pleasure to bring groups of new students each year and watch their jaws drop…

• Dovedale, Peak District, Derbyshire.

Primary school visit on my birthday, leading the class across the stepping stones, ice-creams, it all seemed ‘wild’ to a boy from a mining town.

• Nottingham Castle, Nottingham.

Completely personal, and to some perhaps not attractive, I’ve always done a lot of travelling by train, as you approach Nottingham station, the castle (though it isn’t really, long story…) comes into view, at this point I know that I’m home.

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Thanks to Tom Biebrach for highlighting these images of Japanese paddy field art.

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Because you’re worth it . From the National Geographic, I thought it would be nice to add commentary over this…

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The B.B.C. has jumped onto the map skills debate, with an interactive quiz…

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