“Cutty Sark June 2012” by Lauair -Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons – http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ File:Cutty_Sark_June_2012.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Cutty_Sark_June_2012.jpg
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.
Shine on Harvest Moon
I was interested to read on EarthSky about this years Harvest Moon. The Harvest Moon is the nearest full moon … More
UNHAPPY ANNIVERSARY
Originally posted on Towheeblog:
This fall marks the centennial of the death of America’s last Passenger Pigeon. It is one…
Bluebell Railway (6): H class 263
H class 263 was built at Ashford, Kent in 1905 and was designed for surburban passenger services on the LSECR. … More
Beewolf
The Beewolf is a solitary, predatory wasp which is sometimes known as the Bee-Hunter. The species found in the UK … More
Marquis of Granby
Photo by Mtaylor848 (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons Photo by Mtaylor848 (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons … More
Household Cavalry Museum
A trip into London and some time to kill. I decide to visit the Household Cavalry museum off Whitehall. The … More
Cutty Sark (7)
The Cutty Sark was built for speed and nowhere do you get a better feeling of this than when looking … More
Bluebell Railway (5): Maunsell S15 No 847
847 pulling a northbound train arriving at East Grinstead Maunsell s15 no 847 was the last of this class to … More
Naturelog: Saturday 23rd August
A bright morning and off to Minsmere with the Central London RSPB group. Minsmere never seems to disappoint, whatever the … More
Pete's Favourite Things 