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Naturelog: 1st February

A west London trip, primarily to catch up with the American Horned Lark which has been seen at Staines on … More

Horned Lark

A Tour of Gravesend (2)

Turning east and returning to the Riverfront we soon pass the Customs House and the headquarters of the Port of … More

General Gordon, Gravesend

A Tour of Gravesend (1)

After we left the Sikh temple we passed the Clock Tower built in 1887 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of … More

Gravesend, Pocahontas

Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara, Gravesend

When Keith and I visited Gravesend we went to see the Sikh temple. It was opened in 2010 replacing an … More

Gravesend, Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara

Peterborough: St John’s Parish Church

In the 11th century, the Abbey built a church for the townspeople on land to the east of the Cathedral … More

Peterborough, St Johns Peterborough

Naturelog: 26th January

Keith and I spent the day in Gravesend, a town of the south bank of the Thames estuary in Kent. We … More

Gravesend, Redshank, Ruddy Turnstone, Wren

Highlights of 2017: Skies

Regular readers will know that I love photographing skies particularly at sunset and I saw some wonderful ones in 2017

Sunset

Views of Peterborough

Market Square buildings 16th century home of the Hake family. Thomas Hake was MP for Peterborough 1586-89 Town Hall 1929

Peterborough

Queen Victoria dies

  Today marks the 117th anniversary of the death of Queen Victoria. By the time of her death, she had reigned … More

Queen Victoria

Peterborough Cathedral: The precincts

  The magnificent front of Peterborough Cathedral dominates the precincts The entrance to the Bishop’s Palace. the room above the … More

Peterborough, Peterborough Cathedral

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