Naturelog: 27 August

One of the hottest days of the Summer saw Keith and I at the Wetland Centre in West London in … More

Statues and Monuments: Sir Francis Drake

This monument to Sir Francis Drake, Elizabethan explorer, privateer, slave-trader and naval Admiral can be found on Plymouth Hoo. In … More

The Anchor from HMS Ark Royal, an aircraft carrier was presented by the Royal Navy to the City of Plymouth … More

The Messenger is a large bronze statue of a crouching woman which stands outside The Theatre Royal in Plymouth. It … More

The National Maritime Aquarium in Plymouth is based around 3 large tanks. The first depicts the coastal region off the … More

The harbour trip around Plymouth’s harbours leaves from Sutton Harbour near to the place from where the Pilgrim Fathers sailed … More

Just outside the entrance to the Royal Citadel at Plymouth Hoo stands the memorial to 29 Commando Royal Artillery, who … More

Warkworth Castle is, to my mind anyway, one of the most complete and finest examples of a medieval castle in … More

It is not certain when the first castle was built at Alnwick. It was probably between 1070 and 1090 as … More