Skip to content

Pete's Favourite Things

Birds and trains and history and all of the things that I enjoy

Category: UK

Norfolk Journey -Day 4

A wet morning and so we set off for Flitcham Abbey farm. This working farm has a wildlife haven with … More

Bearded Reedlings, Grey Plover, Redshank, RSPB Titchwell, Ruffe

Norfolk Journey – Day 3

A wet start to our third day in Norfolk. Pheasant, Robin, Dunnock and Wren all visited the garden, whilst a … More

Black-Tailed Godwits, Cley, Peregrine Falcon, Spoonbill

Norfolk Journey-Day 1

Sue and I spent two weeks exploring the north of Norfolk and would like to share some of the highlights … More

Barn Owl, common snipe, Little Egret, Pheasant, Tree Sparrow, Welney WWT

The Old Operating Theatre and Herb Garret (2)

Apart from the old operating theatre, the herb garret has been converted into a museum of medicine since the 17th … More

Old Operating Theatre and Herb Garret, St Thomas Hospital

The Old Operating Theatre and Herb Garret (1)

  It is possible that the Herb Garret existed in the attic of St Thomas’s Church as early as 1703. It … More

Old Operating Theatre and Herb Garret, St Thomas Hospital

Admiral Arthur Phillip, founder of Sydney

Arthur Philip was born in London in 1738. He attended the Greenwich Hospital School and in 1753 joined a whaling boat. … More

Admiral Arthur Phillip, statues and memorials in London, Sydney Australia

London Churches: St Martin-le-Grand

All that remains of St Martins is the road that was named after it just north of St Paul’s Cathedral. … More

St Martin-le-grand

Fitzrovia Chapel (3)

Some more photographs of the magnificent Fitzrovia Chapel in central London.  

Fitzrovia Chapel

The London fences made from stretchers

Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
Famously many of the iron and steel railings in the U.K. were removed and melted down…

London Stretchers as fences

Ships of the Medway

John H Amos A steam paddle tug built on the Clyde for the Tees Conservancy. Its main function was towing … More

John H Amos, Medway Queen, SS Richard Montgomery

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

Top Posts & Pages

  • Roman London
  • The Blue Tit landing on......
  • Badgers
  • Norfolk Journey 2018: Day 11
  • Norfolk Journey 2018: Day 14
  • Norfolk Journey 2018: Day 5
  • Norfolk Journey 2018: Day 6
  • Norfolk Journey 2018: Day 7
  • Norfolk Journey 2018: Black Prince
  • Norfolk Journey 2018: Day 13
  • Berry Head Fort
  • So that's why its called Crittalls Corner
  • The Tower of London (19): Tower Green
  • Norwich Castle
  • Corbridge (1)
  • Roman Emporers: Constantius Chlorus
  • Statues and Monuments: West Gate, Twickenham
  • The History of Derby
  • Statues and Monuments: Hydra and Kali
  • A sad end at World's End

Posts

October 2026
M T W T F S S
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031  
« Sep    

Archives

Categories

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    Pete's Favourite Things
    Join 354 other subscribers

    Have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.

  • Pete's Favourite Things
    View site in Reader
    Manage subscriptionsSign upLog in
    Report this content
    Collapse this bar
Loading Comments...