After the morning walk along Darland Bank NR (see yesterdays post) Keith and I walked down to the estuary of … 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.
Naturelog: 19th June (1)
A trip with Keith to Darland Bank nature reserve in search of Marbled White butterflies. Darland Bank is on a … More
Portus: The Torlonia relief
The Torlonia relief was found in 1863 or 1864 near the so-called Imperial Palace, between the harbours of Claudius and … More
Ely Cathedral (2))
The great West Door is the main entrance into the Cathedral From the openness of the outside you … More
Ely Cathedral (1)
The Cathedral in Ely is known locally as ‘The ship of the Fens’ due to its visibility from miles around … More
A very brief view of Ely
A brief visit to Ely and a chance to spend an hour of so on Saturday afternoon walking round the … More
Naturelog:14th June
Have been in Cambridgeshire for a short visit staying at Ely and time to do a morning’s nature watching on … More
Statues and Memorials in London: Paternoster
The Paternoster statue was erected in Paternoster Sq, adjacent to St Paul’s Cathedral, following its redevelopment in the 1970s. It … More
Portus: Gateway to Rome (6)
Portus continued to be expand. In the late second century, there was both an expansion of existing buildings and the … More
Naturelog: 10th June
This weeks butterfly and dragonfly survey looked like turning up a big fat double zero despite reasonable weather conditiond. Thankfully … More
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