The Priory of St John, Clerkenwell

This week I had the opportunity to visit the remains of the Order of the Knights of the Hospital of … More

John Donne

I made a rare trip to the city of London the other day to attend a meeting. Afterwards, I wandered … More

As I sit here today, looking out over the gardens, it is a grey and miserable day and the rain … More

The first reference to a house on this site was when Humphrey Duke of Gloucester built a manor house in … More

Lesnes Abbey was founded in 1178 by Richard De Luci, Justicular of England as penance for his part in the … More

This week’s local walk had another purpose: I checked out all the patches of Ivy to look for Ivy Bees, … More

One of my great pleasures this summer has been sorting through the various insects in the estate gardens around where … More

A bright and sunny morning, but rather breezy for last week’s local survey walk. Strangely I only saw 7 butterflies … More

A lovely day dawned as Nicole, Andrew and I made our way to the Kent Wildlife Trust reserve at Oare … More

Having been away from home for over 2 weeks, it was with some anticipation that I did the local patch … More