Originally posted in July 2013 Went to see the British Museum Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition over the weekend. It was … 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 Blue Tit landing on……
Was videoing the feeder at Bough Beech and managed to extract this set of stills of a Blue Tit landing … More
4464 Bittern at Mid-Hants Railway (2)
Some more pictures of 4464 Bittern at the Mid-Hants Railway spring gala
4464 Bittern at Mid-Hants Railway
It was fitting that 4464 Bittern should return to Mid-Hants railway since she was restored to mainline order at Ropley … More
HMS Warrior (2)
HMS Warrior had a crew of 705 which comprised three groups – the engineering staff (98), the Royal Marines who … More
HMS Warrior (1)
HMS Warrior is an unique ship within the history of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1860, having been … More
IT update
My ISP has decided that the problems we are currently experiencing with our connection are due to a degraded line. … More
Sights of London: Nelsons Column
(first posted in April 2013) Nelson’s column is found in Trafalgar Square in the centre of London. It was built … More
IT ugh!
Have spent the morning trying to sort out an internet problem which is preventing us uploading any images to WordPress … More
Wow Orion Nebula!
When I got home in the evening I had my first images from the Harvard NASA telescope waiting to be … More
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