Friday, 7 January 2005

Personal

Shape

In the middle of a stack of paper I got through the post today (who said the digital age is upon us?) was a highly detailed map of my street.

I've always been a map fan, but this one was particularly fascinating. Angel Lane itself is one of the oldest streets in the town, so the layout of properties wedged between it and Chapel Lane has been complicated by centuries of tit-for-tat trading of land.

The end result is a fragile mosaic of lines that demonstrate there's no such thing here as a standard size garden. And right in the middle, an island of land that seems to have no road frontage. Tomorrow I shall attempt to discover what hidden treasure is buried there.

Posted by pab at 23:59 | Comments will be back later in the year. Please email me instead!