One of the things I love about visiting heritage sights is the old advertising signs and there were plenty on … More

This is the magnificent figurehead from HMS Ajax, which can be found in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. HMS … More

As the Butterfly season draws to a close, here are some of my favourite photos from the summer in the … More

We made our final visit of the summer to Hutchinsons Bank last Friday as the Butterfly season draws to a … More

On my trip last week in search of Grayling Butterfly (See last Tuesday’s post) I had to walk through Brookwood … More

Apologies for the lack of posts over the past couple of weeks but I have been unwell. Feeling better now … More

We had two days in Montana Palencia and on the first day, we visited Couvee des Francises in the morning. … More

Another bright but cool day for my weekly walk on the local patch. This seems to be the story of … More

The first record of a church on this site comes from around 800 AD. The Doomsday book (1086) records a … More

Sue and I decided to spend a weekend exploring the area on the border of western Hampshire and eastern Dorset. … More