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Category: London

St Clement Danes Church

Photo by Mikey (https://www.flickr.com/photos/raver_mikey/) St. Clement Danes Church sits on an island in one of central London’s busiest roads opposite … More

London, St Clement Danes

Hounslow Gunpowder Mills

It is hard to envision as you walk today in the beauty and serenity of Crane Park in Hounslow that … More

Crane Park, Hounslow, Hounslow gunpowder mills, River Crane, Shot Tower

Household Cavalry Museum

A trip into London and some time to kill. I decide to visit the Household Cavalry museum off Whitehall. The … More

Horse Guards Parade, Household Cavalry, Household Cavalry Museum

Highgate Cemetery (3)

Continuing our walk around the Eastern Cemetery at Highgate. Douglas Adams (1952-2001) writer – Author of ‘Hitchikers guide to the … More

Douglas Adams, Highgate Cemetery, Malcolm McClaren

Highgate Cemetery (2)

In our walk around the Eastern cemetery we found some amazing monuments. One of the first you see on entering … More

Anna Mahler, Highgate Cemetery, Karl Marx, Thomas Pocklington

Highgate Cemetery (1)

A few weeks ago Keith and I visited Highgate Cemetery. This is perhaps the most famous cemetery in the UK, … More

Highgate Cemetery

Naturelog: Wednesday 16th April

A lovely sunny afternoon so went off to Sutcliffe Park LNR to look for Butterflies and perhaps some early Dragonflies … More

Eltham, Sutcliffe Park LNR

Turner and the Sea

Today I went to see the Turner and the Sea exhibition at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. I am … More

Fighting Temeraire, JMW Turner, national maritime museum, Turner

Naturelog: Thursday 20th March

Decided to visit some of my local sites on the River Thames to see if there was any sign of … More

Canada Goose, East India Dock, Eurasian Coot, Greenwich Ecology Park, Tufted Duck

Bittern

Here are a couple of pictures of a Bittern taken at London Wetlands centre (6 miles from the City centre) … More

Bittern, Eurasian Bittern, London Wetland Centre

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