Naturelog: Friday 30th August

My first visit to the Tarn for a couple of weeks. It is good to see that we have avoided … More

Naturelog: Thursday 29th August

Have been very busy over the last few weeks so little opportunity to get out and about. The garden has … More

Another from the stamp lot I purchased last week. The Grey Wagtail is one of my favourite birds which we … More

The Ashmolean Museum in the centre of Oxford has the distinction of being the worlds first University Museum dating back … More

D4-4-0 number 737 was built at Ashford for the London Chatham and Dover Railway. It entered into service in 1901 … More

I came across a job lot of Bird stamps the other day and so bought them out of interest to … More

M2 (aka NGC7089) is one of the largest and oldest globular clusters known. It can be found in the constellation … More

The original castle was built in 1071 by Robert D’Oyly, a Norman baron who had come to England with William … More

Photos taken using Harvard NASA telescope For further information on the Orion Nebula see post of 29/4 (https://petesfavouritethings.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/)