Heather attended Jane White’s presentation at CORAH, NSCC Middleton campus, ‘Return of the Birds’.
This motivated us to drive down to Annapolis Royal to birdwatch along the French Basin trail. There was an amazing variety of ducks (see French Basin Trail video in my post Walking Paths).
Afterwards, we stopped at the Sissiboo coffee shop.
While there, I noticed a book on the shelf. ‘Puzzles for Spies. GCHQ’. This took me way back to my time working for IBM in Cheltenham , England.
In 1967, I was a trainee Systems Analyst. My first assignment was with the Government Communication Head Quarters (GCHQ). IBM computer technology was used to monitor foreign communication.
Our second stop in Annapolis Royal was MareGold bookstore, an excellent addition to the town. It complements the Mad Hatter Books..
I wanted to see a copy of Steve Skafte’s new book ‘The Dead die twice – abandoned cemeteries of Nova Scotia’. I decided not to purchase. Instead, I picked up Robert MacFarlane ‘The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot’.
From GoGeomatics, I received the Canadian Spatial Times for April 12, 2023.
In the magazine section,Tim Webster contributed a profile on the Applied Geomatics Research Group (AGRG). AGRG was founded in 2000 by COGS faculty members.
Earlier in the day, I stopped at COGS to catch up on the programs in Lawrencetown. I happened to meet Wayne Regier, Darren MacKinnon and Andrew Hannam. From the bookshelf, I picked up a copy of the Graduate Profiles 2021-2022. There have been many changes since I left in 2011. However, the parking lot remains full.
Acknowledgements
The CORAH talk set the tone for the day, giving us an excuse to walk the French Basin trail. It was also good to see old colleagues at COGS. Thank you Heather for the company. Edward, thanks for the graphics and links.
References
Puzzles for Spies, GCHQ, 2022, Puffin Books.
Steve Skafte, 2023, The Dead Die Twice: Abandoned Cemeteries of Nova Scotia, Nimbus Publishing.
GoGeomatics April 12, 2023, Canadian Spatial Times, AGRG profile.
Robert MacFarlane, 2012, The Old Ways: a journey on foot, Penguin Randon House.
Centre of Geographic Sciences, Graduate Profiles, 2021-2022.
Ernest Blair Experiment 
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