Cold Weather warnings

I'm heading to Madrid for the next week. I'll be blogging a little I hope.
This is not ideal, as I will miss the potential impacts of the arrival of extreme cold weather that is going to hit the UK.
If you are living in a community where you know your elderly neighbours (as I do), be sure to keep an eye on them over the week to come as the temperatures drop, and particularly if the predicted snow arrives.

Cabbages and Condoms

Welcome to Mr. Condom....

Cabbages and Condoms is the name of a restaurant in Bangkok

My colleague Claire went there during a recent holiday, and was kind enough to give me some gifts purchased from the restaurant as a gift at the end of the school year.

It is part of the drive to educate people about sexual health, and encourage family planning. A useful case study focus for students.

Ebola resource for Geography

Another fine piece of work by Matt Podbury, and now available on the GeographyPods website.

Instant Atlas - geographies of health explored

Thanks to Bob Lang for the tipoff here, and to Karl Donert for the lead to the post on GIS Lounge.

There is plenty to follow-up here, in a guest post written by Bob Lang. Bob and I worked together on the GIS made Easy book, published by the GA, which is selling really well.
Available from the GA Shop.

Explore health-related data and produce maps and other data visualisations.
Health is an area which a growing number of geographers are using as a context - particularly given the  range of stories which relate to this issue, as the population of the UK (and other countries) continues to age... and at my age it starts to become an issue on the horizon too... which is a cheery thought.