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.
Moon
Image of Moon taken with Harvard NASA telescope
Orion Nebula
Image of Orion Nebula taken with Bradford Robotic telescope For more details on the Orion nebula see my post of … More
Bird pictures: Goldfinch
A country station c 1930
Some pictures from the recreation of a country station at STEAM Swindon
HMS Warrior (3)
The upper deck armaments of HMS Warrior consisted of a number of side orientated cannons, together with manoeuvrable stern and … More
Bird Pictures: Little Grebe
Podcast: The History of England
The history of England is a weekly podcast by David Crowther. It plans to cover English history from the year … More
The Hovercraft
When I was in Southsea a couple weeks ago I was delighted to find that there was still a commercial … More
Saturn
Some images of the planet Saturn taken with the Bradford Robotic telescope Saturn is the 6th planet from our Sun … More
Pete's Favourite Things 