A fistful of A4

Any regular reader will not be surprised that before very long in my look back to my early days on … More

Naturelog: 27th November

Keith and I were in Gravesend for an RSPB meeting and so we decided to make a day of it … More

Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
Last week I wrote on The Great Stink of 1868. By chance todays post is on…

John Franklin was born in Lincolnshire in 1786. He went to sea in a merchantman at the age of 12 … More

Gladstone was built at Brighton works in 1882 and saw service on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway until … More

I first came across this pair of geese back in the winter of 2013 and they have bred on the … More

Frederick Winsor was born in 1763 in the German principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. In his 30s, he relocated to London to … More

In this case a nearly Emporer. Gaius was the Grandson of Augustus Caesar and the son of Marcus Agrippa and … More

I was sent this wonderful photograph as part of a campaign to encourage the creation of Hedgehog Highways, routes which … More

Class 08 locomotives were a common sight on UK railways being the standard shunter engine of their time. They now … More