As we did last year Sue and I started the year off with a week in Weymouth in Dorset. On … 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.
Jumbo Water Tower
Historic Colchester
Roman Circus Colchester
The Romans in Colchester (4)
The Colchester Sphinx was discovered in 1821 near the Balkerne Gate, It is a small statue of a mythical … More
The Romans in Colchester (3)
Another thing that stood out for me from our recent visit to Colchester Museum was the examples of locally manufactured … More
The Romans in Colchester (2)
Some interesting religious connections from our trip to Colchester Butt Road Church In the 1980’s during the building of … More
The Romans in Colchester (1)
A trip with the History group to Colchester in Essex. Prior to the arrival of the Romans in Britain, Camulodunum … More
Colchester, Essex
I am away for the whole of this week so in my absence, the blog will be focusing on the … More
Synchronised flying
Continuing my delve back into old posts. Here is one of my favourite pictures which Sue took in 2013 in … More
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