Last Sunday Sue and I took my mum to the London Wetland Centre. After lunch we wandered around the collection…
Surprises round every corner
One of the fantastic things about walking in London is you never quite know what you are going to find…
Naturelog:19th June (2)
After the morning walk along Darland Bank NR (see yesterdays post) Keith and I walked down to the estuary of…
Naturelog: 19th June (1)
A trip with Keith to Darland Bank nature reserve in search of Marbled White butterflies. Darland Bank is on a…
Portus: The Torlonia relief
The Torlonia relief was found in 1863 or 1864 near the so-called Imperial Palace, between the harbours of Claudius and…
Ely Cathedral (2))
The great West Door is the main entrance into the Cathedral From the openness of the outside you…
Ely Cathedral (1)
The Cathedral in Ely is known locally as ‘The ship of the Fens’ due to its visibility from miles around…
A very brief view of Ely
A brief visit to Ely and a chance to spend an hour of so on Saturday afternoon walking round the…
Naturelog:14th June
Have been in Cambridgeshire for a short visit staying at Ely and time to do a morning’s nature watching on…
Statues and Memorials in London: Paternoster
The Paternoster statue was erected in Paternoster Sq, adjacent to St Paul’s Cathedral, following its redevelopment in the 1970s. It…
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