Asian Short-Clawed Otters

A number of Wildfowl and Wetlands centres keep Asian Short-Clawed Otters as they are easy to keep in enclosures as … More

Naturelog: Rutland Water

On our journey north to Northumbria Sue and I stopped off at the birdwatching centre at Eggleton, which is on … More

St Benet is a small church which stands in the shadow of St Paul’s Cathedral. Since 1879 it has been … More

Bunhill fields is an open space and former burial ground just north of the city of London, in the … More

In the cellar of the White Tower are some examples of items brought back from various military campaigns and presented to … More

The name of this area of London between the city and Ludgate Hill derives from the arrival in 1517 of … More

The tradition of the royal maundy seems to date beck to the early 13th century when in remembrance of Jesus Christ’s … More

It has always puzzled me that it is illegal to dump a car on the road but no such law … More

The sovereign, half-sovereign and the crown were all withdrawn from circulation in 1914 along with the phasing out of the … More

A combination of work and medical issues have restricted my trips out recently so it was great to get an … More