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About robhunt510

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Just like that old Thin Lizzy song…

Posted on December 30, 2008 by robhunt510

I can’t do this, but it looks like the future to me. A nice feature of Google maps: Take a GPS log fileConvert it into the .KML format used by Google Earth.(You can make these with GPSbabel, amongst other utilities.)Put … Continue reading →

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Happy christmas

Posted on December 23, 2008 by robhunt510

I’ll be speaking about Tom next year. And walking some more, and repeating some of the journeys I’ve already made. Robin

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Postwar Europe

Posted on December 5, 2008 by robhunt510

Without such collective amnesia, Europe’s astonishing post-war recovery would not have been possible. Tony JudtPostwar

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Paris: city of booksellers?

Posted on December 2, 2008 by robhunt510

Those Left Bank book stalls in Paris [Bouquinistes] filled with First Editions and rare collections of poetry and are in trouble: books aren’t selling so well, and plastic Eiffel towers are doing better. What happens next? …Paris city hall, alarmed … Continue reading →

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Founder of Technorati launches public beta of his customised print travel guides…

Posted on November 18, 2008 by robhunt510

…here’s why: …what I learned is that there is really something special about holding a physical printed book in your hands. Especially when you are travelling. And you know, I travel with my Blackberry and my iPhone and my Laptop … Continue reading →

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Tom would have loved this

Posted on October 27, 2008 by robhunt510
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Quicker than Tom

Posted on September 27, 2008 by robhunt510

Mr. Rossy, a Swiss pilot, leapt from the plane about 8,200 feet over Calais, France, blasted across 22 miles of water and deployed his parachute, above, over the South Foreland Lighthouse in Dover. Onlookers who dotted the famous white cliffs … Continue reading →

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The ever generous Paul Theroux

Posted on September 17, 2008 by robhunt510

Thinking about Tom and his amazing Jacobean times is actually easier when not in his exact footsteps. But I’m never far away, even back in London. Today I’m off to a conference on renaissance spies. And especially Sir Henry Wotton, … Continue reading →

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Tom and Now

Posted on September 5, 2008 by robhunt510

Thanks Google. Makes it all much easier. Betwixt continues, and will be back regularly soon. For now don’t forget around robin.

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Today is the 400th anniversary of Tom’s Departure

Posted on May 15, 2008 by robhunt510

A picture from Padua’s railway station Thanks Tom for inspiring my walk, changed my life – a little And in other news: the Venice bottom snapper has finally been caught. Normal walking service will shortly resume: I’m writing an academic … Continue reading →

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