As you prepare to enter the Tower across the moat, you pass the remains of the Royal Menagerie. It was…
London Churches: St Mary Abchurch
St Mary Abchurch Photo by Ben Rimmer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/rimski/) Despite its location just off of the main thoroughfare of Cannon Street…
Tree Sparrow
The Tree Sparrow is the smaller and rarer of the two UK species of Sparrows. It is estimated to…
A brief history of the Fertile Crescent 3000BCE – 570BCE (5)
We left our story around the year 1200 BC with the collapse of the Late Bronze Age civilisations. This was…
Statues and Monuments: Gift Horse
The Gift Horse by Hans Haacke is currently on display on the ‘fourth plinth’ in Trafalger Square, It depicts a skeletal…
Tower of London (2)
The moat surrounding the Tower of London was originally built by Henry III as a defensive ditch rather than a…
Tower of London (1)
The Tower of London lies at the eastern end of the medieval walled city. Its foundation dates from 1066,…
Watercress Line Spring Steam Gala 2016 – Brookes Castles Best Shots
Originally posted on Loco Yard:
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at my shots from this years Watercress Line Spring Steam…
A brief history of the Fertile Crescent 3000BCE – 570BCE (4)
By 1400 BCE Egypt had established control over most of the coastal lands and began to move north conquering the…
Naturelog: 14th February
A chance to get out of London and spend a day with my local RSPB group at the RSPB…
