Naturelog: 31st March

I have been putting off the weekly survey walk around the Tarn in the hope that I might get a … More

Stones and Bones

With sometime to kill in Birmingham on Saturday before my train left for London, I went to the new Library … More

Staffordshire Hoard

Folded golden Cross Photo from Portable Antiquities scheme (https://www.flickr.com/photos/finds/) A long lunch break during a meeting in Birmingham last Saturday … More

Statues and Memorials in London: Alien

Alien by the British artist David Breuer-Weil is a 25 ft tall Bronze cast to be found in Grosvenor Gardens … More

Naturelog: Thursday 26th

A couple of hours between meetings in Central London gave me time for a visit to Regents Park to see … More

Cheltenham

925 Cheltenham was one of 40 ‘Schools Class’ locomotives built for the Southern Region and which were the most powerful … More

Statues and Memorials in London: Speke Memorial

John Hanning Speke was an army officer who in December 1856 joined the expedition led by Richard Burton to find … More

Naturelog: Thursday 19th (2)

After Keith and I have finished the tour at Lord’s we walk the short distance to Regents Park. In the … More

Naturelog: Thursday 19th (1)

Keith and I are in London to visit Lord’s cricket ground, but we stop off at Hyde Park on the … More

A Guided Tour Inside The Houses Of Parliament

Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
The last year or so I have probably visited Parliament a dozen times but always from…