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Walk No.27

Route: Plymouth Train Station to PCA
Duration: 15 Mins
Time of Day: Morning

Tarmac:  The crust of the earth made from tarmac.  I see under the skin where the roadworks have excavated.  The layers of stuff.... Strata.  Man made.

Topography: This shape that hugs the surface.  The horizontality.  The way it changes as you near the spot you thought you could grasp in your vision.  How might the topography look as a drawn thing.  Topology, the mobius strip etc....

Plateau: A plateau is a safe resting place when climbing.  I'm plateauing now but it doesn't feel safe. All I can see is the next mountain face I have to navigate...

Steps:  There are perfect steps (just near the station) where each one is at the right distance and height to take one step at a time, perfect.  Then there are the ones just in the university campus where I use two feet on one step meaning I have an uneven rhythm going up or down them.  It's hugely dissatisfying. The same foot is used to reach forward to propel up the stairs.  I prefer an alternating, even gait....

Treasure:  The pleasure of finding special things.  Cataloguing and archiving where I found them is like playing librarians when I was a kid. I may even make an indexed map of it all....



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