Charterhouse: Tour (3)

Our tour next takes us to the Chapel. The current chapel occupies part of the original monastic chapterhouse and in … More

A touch of Monochrome

A recent lecture on Monochrome photography at my local camera club got me thinking. I have looked again at some … More

On our recent trip to East Anglia, I had the opportunity to explore Peterborough’s magnificent Cathedral. The first abbey … More

The Dockyard had an extensive railway network

My last offering on the history of the Fertile Crescent brought us to around 2100BCE with the fall of the … More

Returning to the main quadrangle we come to the Great Hall. The Great Hall dates from around 1540 and … More

On a cold chilly and somewhat damp morning, Keith and I made our way to east London to investigate the … More

On the way back from a trip to Peterborough, Sue and I stopped off at Welney Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust … More

XE8 Midget Submarine Expunger built in 1944 for operations in the far east. It was sunk as an underwater target … More

It has certainly turned chilly in London this past couple of days and so autumn cools as we move towards … More