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

Best wishes for the New Year

  Wishing you all a peaceful and blessed New Year

New Year

You wouldn’t believe it

One of the Christmas ;  New Year traditions has become the release by the emergency services of some of the more unusual…

you wouldn't believe it

Westminster Cathedral (3)

I just love the simple designs inside the Cathedral which seem to come together to create a wonderful richness.  …

Westminster Cathedral

Statues and Monuments: General George Elliot, Lord Heathfield

George Elliott was born in Scotland in 1717. He studied at the University of Leiden and then at the Military…

St Paul's Cathedral, statues and memorials in London

Westminster Cathedral (2)

  If I were asked to describe the interior of Westminster Cathedral I would probably come up with something like…

Westminster Cathedral

Christmas Greetings

  A blessed Christmas to you all.

Christmas

Even in the rain

The rain, and we seem to have had a lot of it recently, can be a barrier to getting out…

Rain drops

Statues and Monuments: Cuthbert Collingwood

Cuthbert Collingwood was born in Newcastle in 1748 and joined the Navy at the age of 12. His first experience…

Cuthbert Collingwood, Horatio Nelson, St Paul's Cathedral, statues and memorials in London

Westminster Cathedral (1)

      Keith and I visited Westminster Cathedral on one of our trips up to the centre of London.…

Westminster Cathedral

Statues and Monuments: JMW Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner in Covent Garden, London in 1775, where his father was a barber. in 1785, his mother…

JMW Turner, St Paul's Cathedral, statues and memorials in London

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