Another thing that stood out for me from our recent visit to Colchester Museum was the examples of locally manufactured … 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.
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
Top Bird Photographs
Naturelog: 7th January
First trip of the year for Keith and I to the London Wetland Centre. On arrival, we heard that a … More
Naturelog: 5th January
A morning walk with the warden at the Kent Wildlife Trust reserve at Bough Beech near Sevenoaks. This is a … More
Naturelog: 4th January
A new year and a trip up to central London affords me the chance to spend an hour in Hyde … More
Birdlog: Saturday 30th March (2)
Sometimes you are in the right place at the right time to see something that is unusual and which you … More
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