A great match which the barbarians eventually won 27-24.
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.
Barbarians v Samoa (2)
The mighty Samoans version of the haka! Le Manu Samoa ia manu le fai o le faiva (The Manu Samoa, … More
Barbarians v Samoa (1)
As part of the warm up to the Rugby World Cup Keith and I went to the Olympic Stadium to … More
Olympic Park Revisited
Over the weekend I made my first visit to the Olympic park in London since those heady days of 2012. … More
Class 27: D5401
D5401 was parked up in the sidings at North Norfolk railway during my recent visit. It had been loaned by … More
Sensational Butterflies 2015 (2)
Some more photos from Sensational Butterflies
After the rain
It was a pretty wet day in London yesterday but as Sue and I were coming home from the centre … More
Sensational Butterflies 2015 (1)
Some photos from a recent trip to the Sensational Butterflies exhibit at the London Natural History Museum.
Western Veil Nebula
NGC6960 sometimes known as the ‘witches broomstick’. Here are a couple of not terrible successful attempts by me to photograph … More
Arbeia Roman fort: The strongroom
One thing I have not seen before in other forts that I have visited is the strongroom which was built … More
