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Pete's Favourite Things

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: 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

Naturelog: Thursday 15th January

Decided to go out for a walk by the River Cray. Starting at Footscray High street I followed the course … More

Eurasian Coot, Footscray Meadows, Hall Place, Mute Swan, River Cray, Tufted Duck

Bus Art (4)

Some more examples of the decorated buses on the streets of London depicting aspects of the life of the city … More

London Bus sculptures

Westminster Cathedral

Perhaps it could be described as the unknown cathedral of London – Westminster Cathedral, not to be confused with Westminster … More

Westminster Cathedral

Bus Art (3)

Some more examples of the decorated buses on the streets of London depicting aspects of the life of the city … More

London Bus sculptures

Black Widow

On our way to Cliffe on Friday, Keith and I stopped off to look at ‘The Black Widow’ an ex-Russian … More

Foxtrot Russian submarine

Bus Art (2)

Another group of sculptures featured famous places in Westminster.

London Bus sculptures

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