Corbridge is a small town, 25 miles inland from the North Sea along the valley of the River Tyne. To … More
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.
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Vindolanda: Museum
There is a wonderful museum at Vindolanda recording the many artifacts both military and civilian found on the site. There … More
Vindolanda
The first Roman activity on this site dates to between 74 and 85AD. Between these dates and the withdrawal of … More
Naturelog: Alnmouth
Alnmouth is a wonderful coastal village in Northumberland. It is situated on a spit of land bounded on one … More
Warkworth Castle: Lion Tower
Built around 1480 as part of the reordering of the Great Hall, the façade of the Tower facing the courtyard … More
Asian Short-Clawed Otters
A number of Wildfowl and Wetlands centres keep Asian Short-Clawed Otters as they are easy to keep in enclosures as … More
Naturelog: Washington
Our lunch break on the second day of our journey north was at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserve … More
Naturelog: Rutland Water
On our journey north to Northumbria Sue and I stopped off at the birdwatching centre at Eggleton, which is on … More
The Tower of London (19): Tower Green
Tower Green is an open space to the west of the White Tower. It is bordered on the south and … More
