Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
Most of us are familiar with Old Wives Tales, traditional pearls of wisdom from sources lost…
Author: Pete
I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.
Return to the Para-Athletics World Championships
Here are some pictures from the second Visit Sue and I made to the World Para-Athletics Championships at the Olympic … More
Hokusai exhibition
Yesterday evening Sue and I went to see the exhibition of Japanese art by Katsushika Hokusai at the British Museum. … More
Nene Valley Railway
On Saturday Sue and I, together with two friends Andrew and James, visited the Nene Valley Railway near Peterborough.This line … More
World Para-athletics Championships (2)
Following the unprecedented success of para-athletics at the 2012 Olympic games in London, when 80,000 filled the stadium each night to … More
World Para-athletics Championships (1)
Sue and I spent Monday evening at the World Para-athletics championships which are being held at the Olympic Stadium in London. … More
Shrewsbury Abbey (2)
Some more views of Shrewsbury Cathedral
Naturelog: 18th July
Whilst out surveying three sites this morning for the Great Butterfly Count (a nationwide 10-day survey) I came across the … More
Statues and Monuments: Shrewsbury War Memorial
The War Memorial stands in Quarry Park not far from St Chad’s church. It was designed by George Hubbard … More
A Trip on the Medway (3)
Upnor Castle was constructed between 1559-67 to defend the Chatham Dockyard and Reach which was at the time … More
