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Royal Engineers Museum

Last week Keith and I took a trip to visit the Royal Engineers Museum in Gillingham Kent. The Museum is … More

Gillingham, Royal Engineers, Royal Engineers Museum

Naturelog: 6th April

Today’s venue was the New Hythe and Leybourne complex of lakes in the Medway valley in Kent. This is one of … More

Blackcap, New Hythe and Leybourne Lakes

A Tour of Gravesend (2)

Turning east and returning to the Riverfront we soon pass the Customs House and the headquarters of the Port of … More

General Gordon, Gravesend

A Tour of Gravesend (1)

After we left the Sikh temple we passed the Clock Tower built in 1887 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of … More

Gravesend, Pocahontas

Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara, Gravesend

When Keith and I visited Gravesend we went to see the Sikh temple. It was opened in 2010 replacing an … More

Gravesend, Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara

Naturelog: 26th January

Keith and I spent the day in Gravesend, a town of the south bank of the Thames estuary in Kent. We … More

Gravesend, Redshank, Ruddy Turnstone, Wren

Naturelog: 17th December

A trip to the Kent coast with Bexley RSPB Group on a misty and cold morning. As we approached the … More

Great White Egret, Kingfisher, Long Eared Owl, RSPB Dungeness

Chatham Historic Dockyard: The Ropery

The Ropery in Chatham Dockyard is the only one of 4 original Royal Navy Ropeyards still in operation. Rope has … More

Chatham Historic Dockyard

Chatham Historic Dockyard: HMS Gannet

  A Sloop launched at Sheerness in Kent in August 1878 she saw service in the Pacific from 1879-1883 before … More

Chatham Historic Dockyard, HMS Gannet

Chatham Historic Dockyard: HMS Cavalier

  Built at Cowes on the Isle of Wight, HMS Cavalier was launched in March 1943. She served in the … More

Chatham Historic Dockyard, HMS Cavalier

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