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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.

Steam Locomotives of a Leisurely Era – 1949 – Bulleid ‘Leader’ – Southern Railway

Originally posted on Chasewaterstuff's Railway & Canal Blog:
Steam Locomotives of a Leisurely Era 1949 – Bulleid ‘Leader’ Southern Railway No.36001 in 1950 Although…

Bulleid Leader

A brace of cups

As regular readers of the blog may recall, I spent some time as a researcher on a project at the … More

Royal bethlem Hospital Museum

Naturelog: Tuesday 23rd September

A promising morning and off for a local RSPB walk around Crayford Marsh. Our route would take us out alongside … More

Crayford Marsh, Grey Heron, Little Egret

London march for global action on climate change

Originally posted on Green Living London:
Campaigners marched through central London on Sunday to demand global action on climate change, in one…

Climate change march 2014

Naturelog: Saturday 20th September

Another trip into East Anglia with the RSPB group. The weather was not promising as we left London as it … More

RSPB Titchwell

Gloucester Cathedral

On a recent trip to Gloucester I managed to wangle some time to visit Gloucester Cathedral. It was unexpected and … More

Gloucester Cathedral

Some memories of Monterey

Following on from the post I re-blogged yesterday about Monterey I had to go back into the photo archive and … More

Monarch, Monteray, Sea Lions, Sea Otters

MONTEREY TODAY

Originally posted on Towheeblog:
Our Partnership for International Birding (PIB) California trip did Monterey County today, from sea to Salinas…

Monteray, Sea Otters

Bluebell Railway (9): Captain Baxter

  Captain Baxter spent it’s working life at the Dorking Greystone Limeworks in Surrey. On retirement in 1960 it came … More

Bluebell Railway, Captain Baxter

Lagoon and Triffid Nebulae

The Lagoon and Triffid Nebulae are both visible in the autumn sky near the constellation of Sagittarius. I am sure … More

Lagoon Nebula, Triffid Nebula

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