From Lord Hereford’s Knob to Glen Canyon

I am pretty sure I have once "given up hope ironically for lent" too. By this the only thing I really mean is that the band Half Man Half Biscuit is what seems to be a really great rock band. What makes me say this. This song first and foremost:



If you don't like this song, I really question your dedication to rock and roll.

As it turns out there is another reason I dig HMHB, lead song writer Nigel Blackwell has a particular interests in walking geographic observation/place, particularly that of North Wells and many of his songs references the places he walks such as Lord Hereford's Knob (which according to the band's website is an actually place: Lord Hereford's Knob, otherwise known as Twmpa, is one of the northern flanks of the Black Mountains in south-east Wales near the English border (about 5 miles from Hay)): 

or here:

I fell asleep amongst the boulders strewn between
Glyder Fach and Glyder Fawr
And I saw in a dream
Your charmless associates in a stretch limousine

 

("Evening of Swing Has Been Canceled" Source of quoted lyrics found here)

In accordance with this theme, here are some photos from a recent walking tour of San Francisco's Glen Canyon the site of Islais Creek, the only indigenous section of water way that wasn't buried during the urbanization of San Francisco (Click here for a map detailing original water ways of the SF). Toward the end of the park area, the Creek flows into the mouth of the SF sewer system and doesn't resurface till 3rd street (by Giant's Ball Park) where it flows out into the bay.