Alan Parkinson reflects at the end of the year, and looks ahead to a New Year which offers challenges and opportunities.

As we pass the halfway point of our #geoadvent, Alan Parkinson considers the problem of finding a room for the night as the weather turns and travellers on important journeys find themselves in need of a place to stay. Is there room at the inn?

For the second weekend of #geoadvent, Alan Parkinson visits an island where it's Christmas every day of the year.

Alan Parkinson investigates the use of wintery weather as a motif in many children's books, most of which are also very popular with older children (otherwise known as adults ...)

Alan Parkinson explores a pastime which needs cold weather and icy temperatures if it is to take place. It's a local tradition in rural Cambridgeshire which goes back centuries.

In the second week of this #geoadvent, we investigate a vegetable that is very much associated with this time of year - not everyone likes it, but Alan Parkinson finds geography wrapped up in those tightly packed leaves...