pferguson | May 13, 2017
The Nile Campaign 1884 – 1885 As we walk from Liverpool train station the blue-green figure of an officer on a stone plinth attracts us. Together we walk across the roadway and stand before Major General George Earle CB, CSI. Upon the plaque KIRBEKAN stands out from the text and my mind, for I have […]
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pferguson | January 27, 2012
As I wander about, at the start of my day, I inevitably look upon the cracked concrete slab of the parkade and allow myself to drift. I follow the lines in their contortions and soon find myself turning to a great adventure. I am reminded of Burton and Speke, the Mountains of the Moon and […]
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Tags: Burton and Speke, Concentration, Exploring, Film, Great War, Imagination, Landscapes, Lawrence of Arabia, Messines Ridge, Mountains of the Moon, Observing History, Rivers, The Nile, Waterways
