Ike & Antony Across America – 1
Friends of Geography Cat will already know that our intrepid stunt double Ike is joining Antony on his epic adventure across America. This week they…
Ike & Antony Across America – 1
Friends of Geography Cat will already know that our intrepid stunt double Ike is joining Antony on his epic adventure across America. This week they…
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Ike in Rome – Part 4
Cheryl, Dave and Ike have been enjoying a fascinating trip to Rome, on this day they saw the Circus Maximus, which is now a large…
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Ike in Rome – Part 3
Ike, Cheryl and Dave set off early again to check out some more sights of Rome. Their first stop is the magnificent monument the Altara…
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Ike in Rome – Part 2
Ike, Cheryl and Dave had walked 16km around Rome the previous day, and day two was to be another busy one. Starting out early, they…
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Ike in Rome – Part 1
Ike travelled to Rome with his good friends Cheryl and Dave. On their first day in the city, our adventurers woke early and walked along…
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Ike visits the Ray Harryhausen exhibition
Geography Cat’s loyal friend Jane kindly took Ike with here when she visited the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh late last year.…
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Happy New Year from Ike
Last year Ike travelled over 140 000 miles around the globe, but this year he hasn’t quite managed 10 000. This wouldn’t have been possible…
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Ike visits Penshaw Monument
Penshaw Monument was built in 1845 in the style of a Greek temple to commemorate the first Earl of Durham. It’s visible from most of…
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Ike goes Christmas shopping in Nottingham
Geography Cat can’t stand the crowds, so he sent his specially trained stunt double into the city centre to do the Christmas shopping. And you…
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Ike spends the day looking around the Arsenala district of Kyiv, Ukraine
On his third and final day in Ukraine with Cheryl and Dave, Ike 3 spent the day seeing some of Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital city. Their…
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Ike visits Chernobyl
It’s day 2 in Ukraine with Cheryl and Dave, and Ike was taken on a trip to the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear plant. Chernobyl…
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Ike goes to Kyiv, Ukraine
Ike, Cheryl and Dave arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine and promptly got lost! But they saw some great things whilst getting sore feet and walking 20km.…
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Ike visits something which is not there – Okjökull
Today Ike took a trip to see something that unfortunately, no longer exists. Okjökull or the Ok glacier was a glacier on top of the…
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Ike visits Stirling
Following Ike’s visit to Stirling Castle, he and his friends walked down the cobbled street to the Old Town Cemetery. Ike was interested in the…
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Ike visits The Zentralfriedhof in Vienna
Ike has arrived in Vienna, where Birgitt is looking after him and showing him around. Ike was excited to see the snow on the first…
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Ike investigates flooding on the River Ouse
Geography Cat followers Helen & Traff have been exploring walks and green spaces close to their home with GC’s official stunt double Ike. Today’s adventure…
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Ike visits Húsavík & Iceland’s Diamond Circle
Helen & Traff took Ike to Iceland in July 2020. On this day they drove around the Diamond Circle – North Iceland’s version of the…
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Ike visits the Mahara Gallery Māori Weaving Exhibition
Di took Ike to the Mahara Gallery in Waikanae, in New Zealand, Aotearoa. Ike was excited to see what the new exhibition was all about…
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Ike’s London Landmark Quiz
Sara took Ike to London at the beginning of this year and showed him some famous places from an open-top bus tour. How many of…
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Ike goes hunting for bluestone in the Preseli Hills
Today the weather finally cleared up so Ike could go up the Preseli Hills and look for the origins of the Stonehenge bluestones. Ike à…
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Château de Fougères, France
On day 3 of his adventure in France with Cheryl and Roger, Ike headed into Brittany, to the town of Fougères with its magnificent castle…
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Eaglehawk Neck & The Tasman Peninsula
This is the second visit to this spectacular region for Geography Cat’s official stunt double Ike, he came here in September 2019 with Caroline, and…
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Hiroshima, Japan
A brief geographical perspective to mark the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing Thank you to Chris for sending this card to Geography Cat’s Project…
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What’s it really like to travel with Ike?
Everything you always wanted to know about travelling with the stunt double of a geographically inclined feline but were afraid to ask…
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Felixstowe, and how containerisation has changed the world.
Felixstowe is located on the east coast of England in the county of Suffolk. Geography Cat visited the town specifically to see the Port of…
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Askola, Finland (Giant’s Kettles/Glacial Potholes)
Thank you so much to Nappi for sending this postcard from Askola, Finland. The images on the right show Hiidenkirnut also called Giant’s Kettles or glacial…
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10 Downing Street (trade blocs)
Geography Cat is grateful to fellow feline Larry for sending this lovely card from his own home address, Number 10 Downing Street, London. This postcard…
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Arran (geological time)
Thank you to Dave for sending in a card from one of Geography Cat’s most favourite places, the Isle of Arran, off the south-west coast…
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Mike visits Abbey Road Studios, London
There must be hundreds of thousands of zebra crossings in the UK, but this is the one that people from all over the world want…
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Bath (toll roads & rus in urbe)
Geography Cat’s own human no.2 sent him this card, thank you Pete. The top left photograph on the postcard shows Pulteney Bridge, this was built…
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Ike sees the Cairngorm Reindeers
Ike was excited to discover that some reindeer from the Cairngorms were coming to Hamilton. The Cairngorm Reindeer Herd is Britain’s only free-ranging herd of reindeer.…
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Ike loves Edinburgh Castle of Light
Jane took Ike to Edinburgh Castle of Light, and he loved it! This is a spectacular light show showing various images of Scotland. On entering…
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Ike enjoys Christmas at Chatsworth
Geography Cat’s very own humans took Ike to Chatsworth to enjoy the Christmas market, the decorated house and the garden lights. Chatsworth House is home…
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