Walk with Martin in Albrechtshof

GPS trace of walk with Martin Howse in Albrechtshof — Skirting the outskirts, where Berlin ends

A shorter walk than last time but still very enjoyable - a hot, sunny day, the meadow where Berlin ends was glorious in the summer, the last time I was here I was with Steven Hodge in the winter. Lots of interesting plant and insect life.

We tried dowsing but suspected that the site is actually a large buried reservoir - hence the rods going crazy for me and not doing much for Martin (probably). Thinking about Tiergarten next - interesting to dowse here perhaps, on the trail of Benjamin or indeed during Martin’s walk next weekend on the trail of the Thomas Pynchon character.

Here’s an edit of a recording I did in the field, bracketed by two aeroplanes flying over. Why is it that the interesting, marginal places seem to be under flight paths?
Only available at the moment as a download - does anyone know a decent sound hosting site where I can embed a link and stream from? [UPDATE 2012 - I now use SoundCloud for this sort of thing - find us here]

AlbrechtshofEdit by planbperformance

[UPDATE 8 JULY] - Martin reports that on 1980s maps, the whole area looks like a swamp which would make sense of all the dowsing positives and the reservoir hints. The graphs on his blog show a large peak running due North-South roughly through the boundary where the wall ran. This is exactly what I wanted to see, some sort of threshold on territory that no longer bears many signs of the brutal and impenetrable border it once was but somehow still resonates.