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They Called It Passchendaele​

Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
For the last three years or so, I have been post occasional extracts from my WW1…

Passchendaele, World War 1

Naturelog: 28th July

At present both the Big Butterfly count and the national Dragonfly survey are both running and so I decided to…

Grey Heron, Jersey Tiger Moth, Small Red-eyed Damselfly

Naturelog: 26th July

On Wednesday Keith and I went on a boat trip up the River Medway from Rochester and across the Thames…

Southend

All aboard for Southend

On Wednesday Keith and I travelled aboard the Jacob Marley from Rochester Pier up the River Medway and across the River Thames…

Rochester, Southend

Predicting the weather with Old Wives Tales

Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
Most of us are familiar with Old Wives Tales, traditional pearls of wisdom from sources lost…

Return to the Para-Athletics World Championships

Here are some pictures from the second Visit Sue and I made to the World Para-Athletics Championships at the Olympic…

World Para-athletics championship 2017

Hokusai exhibition

Yesterday evening Sue and I went to see the exhibition of Japanese art by Katsushika Hokusai at the British Museum.…

British Museum, Hokusai

Nene Valley Railway

On Saturday Sue and I, together with two friends Andrew and James, visited the Nene Valley Railway near Peterborough.This line…

Nene Valley Railway

World Para-athletics Championships (2)

Following the unprecedented success of para-athletics at the 2012 Olympic games in London, when 80,000 filled the stadium each night to…

World Para-athletics championship 2017

World Para-athletics Championships (1)

Sue and I spent Monday evening at the World Para-athletics championships which are being held at the Olympic Stadium in London.…

World Para-athletics championship 2017

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