Ute sent this card to Geography Cat and wrote about the tragic loss of life at Krefeld Zoo in Germany that happened as a result…
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Category: Postcards
Madagascar
Thank you to Stephen for sending this postcard of an aye-aye lemur in Madagascar. Stephen made the postcard using a photograph he took whilst visiting…
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The house of Enni Id, Finnish naive painter
Enni Id’s home is located in central southern Finland. It is an ordinary home in every way, except that everything inside has been painted by…
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Queen Street Mill, Burnley
Newly reopened, after three years’ closure, Lancashire County Council must be very proud of Queen Street Mill Textile Museum. Thank you to Kath and Rosemary…
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The Panamá Canal
The Panamá Canal is 51 miles long across the Panamá isthmus, (a narrow strip of land) and connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Work began…
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Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire
Dundonald Castle is in the village of Dundonald, a few miles from Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, West Scotland. The hill on which it stands has been…
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Toilets
This rather nice looking toilet is a postcard from the Birmingham Back to Backs, run by the National Trust, and sent in by Geography Cat…
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Somerset Levels (Extreme Weather in the UK, Flooding)
GCSE students go straight to this version for more detail. Thank you to Mike for sending this card of the Somerset Levels. The Somerset Levels…
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Mappleton (Fieldwork)
Many thanks to my friend Geography Geek, for sending this postcard of students conducting geography fieldwork at Mappleton, on the Holderness Coast. The rapid rate…
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Cook Islands (formation of an atoll)
Many thanks to Gill, who sent this postcard to Geography Cat from her holiday to the largest of the Cook Islands, Rarotonga. The Cook Islands…
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