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Birds and trains and history and all of the things that I enjoy

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.

Statues and Memorials in London: Sufferage and Violence

Close by to the memorial to Purcell are two other memorials. The first is to the women who campaigned for … More

statues and memorials in London

Naturelog: Sunday 25th January

After an excellent Sunday Lunch in Keston Village at Herbert’s (http://www.thisisherberts.co.uk/about-us) Sue and I decided to drop in at Bough … More

Blue Tit, bough beech reservoir, Common Pochard, Long-tailed Tit

Nuturelog: 24th January

The day of the annual RSPB Big Garden birdwatch (BGBW) when tens of thousands of people across the Uk count … More

RSPB Garden Birdwatch

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Originally posted on Above the clouds:
Hello everyone!. It seems that a lot of fellow enthusiast are in the Comet Lovejoy craze.…

Comets

Top 11 liked images on Facebook 2014

photographs 2014

I don’t believe it!

Haddock photo by Great British Chefs (https://www.flickr.com/photos/greatbritishchefs/) Sometimes something happens which you find difficult to believe. I went to the … More

Statues and memorials in London: Henry Purcell

There are so many statues on the streets of London that it is easy to just ignore them as they … More

Henry Purcell, statues and memorials in London

City Sunrise

A couple of photos taken by Sue this morning on the way to work showing the sunrise over the pool … More

London, River Thames

Sunflower Galaxy

The Sunflower galaxy is a spiral galaxy 37 million light years from Earth. Here are some recent photos I have … More

Bradford Robotic, Sunflower Galaxy

Bus Art (5)

My final examples of the decorated buses on the streets of London depicting aspects of the life of the city … More

London Bus sculptures

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