The day after Storm Brendan blew through the south-west dawned with abright sunny morning. I started the morning at Sandsfoot … More
Category: UK
Dorset 2020: 13th January
Spent the morning at the RSPB reserve at Radipole Lake in the centre of Weymouth. As I left the visitor’s … More
Dorset 2020: 11th January
Day one of our 2020 trip to Dorset saw us travelling down from London to Weymouth. We stooped off at … More
Statues and Monuments: Sir Keith Park
Keith park was born in New Zealand in June 1892. He joined the NZ army cadets, but at age 19 … More
Statue and Monuments: The Deal Porters
The Deal Porters were specialised men who worked in the timber docks handling the timber as it came off the … More
Hampton Court
Statues and Monuments: Bellot Memorial
Erected in 1855, the Bellot memorial in Greenwich commemorates Lieutenant Joseph-Rene Bellot, an officer in the French Navy, who drowned … More
Statues and Monuments: Peter Pan
Whilst we were walking in Hyde Park, Sue and I came across the statue of Peter Pan. The statue was … More
Hall Place
Hall Place lies outside the ancient village of Bexley on the south-east edge of London. It was built in 1537 … More
Statues and Monuments: George II
George Augustus was born in northern Germany in 1683 and was the last British monarch to be born outside of … More