I have been putting off the weekly survey walk around the Tarn in the hope that I might get a … 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.
Stones and Bones
With sometime to kill in Birmingham on Saturday before my train left for London, I went to the new Library … More
Staffordshire Hoard
Folded golden Cross Photo from Portable Antiquities scheme (https://www.flickr.com/photos/finds/) A long lunch break during a meeting in Birmingham last Saturday … More
Statues and Memorials in London: Alien
Alien by the British artist David Breuer-Weil is a 25 ft tall Bronze cast to be found in Grosvenor Gardens … More
Naturelog: Thursday 26th
A couple of hours between meetings in Central London gave me time for a visit to Regents Park to see … More
Cheltenham
925 Cheltenham was one of 40 ‘Schools Class’ locomotives built for the Southern Region and which were the most powerful … More
Statues and Memorials in London: Speke Memorial
John Hanning Speke was an army officer who in December 1856 joined the expedition led by Richard Burton to find … More
Now How do I eat this?
A sequence of pictures shot of a young Grey Heron eating a frog. Going Going Gone Shot at Regents Park … More
Naturelog: Thursday 19th (2)
After Keith and I have finished the tour at Lord’s we walk the short distance to Regents Park. In the … More
Naturelog: Thursday 19th (1)
Keith and I are in London to visit Lord’s cricket ground, but we stop off at Hyde Park on the … More
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