A visit this weekend to the Tall Ships festival at Greenwich My first stop was Woolwich Riverfront where some of … 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.
World shorebirds day
I only found out today that Saturday has been designated World Shorebirds day. A chance to focus on and celebrate … More
Bluebell Railway (7): Maunsell U class 1638
50 U class locomotives were built for Southern railway between 1928 and 1931. They were designed by Maunsell to haul … More
Cutty Sark (8): Images of a ship
“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
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
