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…
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 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 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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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 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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Macabre geo-caching for Ike in North Yorkshire
Sunday is always a chill out day on holidays….so after some snoozing, Heather, Mark, Ike and the Mr Men headed out for a short walk,…
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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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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 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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Sunderland’s Stadium of Light with Ike
Sara took Ike to meet some very important guys when at Sunderland AFC ground. Bob Stokoe, a manager when they won the FA Cup in…
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Ike learns about water safety on Seaburn Beach
Ike visited Seaburn Beach with his good friend Sara. It’s a gently sloping sandy beach located around 1.5km north of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. Ike…
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Ike spends the day looking around the Arsenala district of Kiev, Ukraine
On his third and final day in Ukraine with Cheryl and Dave, Ike 3 spent the day seeing some of Kiev, Ukraine’s capital city. Their…
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