Took ourselves out to Girton this morning while the sun shone - a village just NW of Cambridge which is a pleasant cycle ride away (although we drove - we still forget we don’t have the dog to accommodate!). It’s a very nice village but non-locals are most likely to hear about the Girton Interchange between the M11 and A14 as until recently it was an accident hotspot and as a result often featured on the traffic news! The Golden Goose railings are a recent installation created by Matthew Lane Sanderson and commemorate Girton’s historical importance as a supplier of quill pens to the university. The full sculpture is rather splendid and will no doubt feature in all its glory at some point - at the moment the geese have been prepared for Christmas in a pandemic. And on that topic - for the record - numbers still escalating here & far higher that at any other point so far. I’m praying for a late U-turn on schools going back. Our hospitals are taking overflow from Essex and our patients will be sent further afield it seems.
A rather ordinary disposable mask for a hat..oh the indignity & then a rather fetching red mask over the beak!
What a proud goose has to put up with...he is rather beautiful & I have learnt that quills come from Girton!
Poor Monty, I had forgotten he is sadly no longer with you....he will be very much missed by the 365 community!
Kudos to the Girton Goose for role modeling pandemic protocol. Wishing the UK well in fighting back the recent spike in cases.
Cool info regarding Girton’s history as quill pen supplier. I’m a faithful user of fountain pens...the modern quill.
@judithg oh Judith....my heart goes out to you. How devastating. So so sorry. I know how heartrending it is to lose such a soul mate. I’m still mourning Cayenne and it’s been a tear and a half...maybe 2 1/2
What a proud goose has to put up with...he is rather beautiful & I have learnt that quills come from Girton!
Poor Monty, I had forgotten he is sadly no longer with you....he will be very much missed by the 365 community!
Cool info regarding Girton’s history as quill pen supplier. I’m a faithful user of fountain pens...the modern quill.
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