Returning to the main quadrangle we come to the Great Hall. The Great Hall dates from around 1540 and…
Naturelog: 7th November
On a cold chilly and somewhat damp morning, Keith and I made our way to east London to investigate the…
Naturelog: 5th November
On the way back from a trip to Peterborough, Sue and I stopped off at Welney Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust…
Chatham Historic Dockyard: Tour (part 2)
XE8 Midget Submarine Expunger built in 1944 for operations in the far east. It was sunk as an underwater target…
Reminders of Summer
It has certainly turned chilly in London this past couple of days and so autumn cools as we move towards…
Charterhouse: Tour (1)
Charterhouse as it is today As you enter there is a gallery of memorials to former scholars of the school…
Great Cormorant
The Great Cormorant is a large waterbird, whose black plumage and use of perching posts make it one of the…
Greenwich Re-visited
Last Friday went to Greenwich with Steve Evans to see the Cutty Sark. …
Chatham Historic Dockyard: Tour (part 1)
Sir Walter Ralegh
Sir Walter Ralegh, alongside Sir Francis Drake, are the two best-known explorers of the Elizabethan era. Sunday marks the 399th…
Pete's Favourite Things 