Field notes

Notes from walks and from the desk

These are working notes from commissions in and around Bang Khen. They are not a manual, and they are not a substitute for a sheet drawn for your own ground.

Quiet dusk view along a Bangkok canal bank with wooden posts and long grass, no signs visible

Reading a khlong bank before the rains

18 May 2026

Stain lines, laid grass, and the posts that have been repainted: what a May walk can still say about August water.

Close view of unlabeled fine contour lines inked on cotton paper, copper ruler beside the sheet, no readable words

What contour spacing can say on a Bangkok lot

2 March 2026

Half-metre lines on former paddy ground, and the bund that looked like a slope until it was walked.

Two paper parcel sketches aligned on a dark wooden desk with copper weights, no printed labels

Comparing two parcels without pretending they are the same place

14 November 2025

Equal rai on the deeds, unequal room in the soi. A comparison sheet is not an appraisal.

Rain falling on a dark Bangkok soi beside a canal, wet leaves and reflective ground, no signs or vehicles with readable plates

A monsoon week in the field book

9 September 2026

Three booked walks, one that happened, and the page in the weather book that clients are entitled to see.