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Staffordshire Hoard

Folded golden Cross Photo from Portable Antiquities scheme (https://www.flickr.com/photos/finds/) A long lunch break during a meeting in Birmingham last Saturday…

Staffordshire Hoard

Statues and Memorials in London: Alien

Alien by the British artist David Breuer-Weil is a 25 ft tall Bronze cast to be found in Grosvenor Gardens…

Alien, statues and memorials in London

Naturelog: Thursday 26th

A couple of hours between meetings in Central London gave me time for a visit to Regents Park to see…

Barnacle Goose, Eurasian Coot, Grey Heron, Regents Park

Cheltenham

925 Cheltenham was one of 40 ‘Schools Class’ locomotives built for the Southern Region and which were the most powerful…

925 Cheltenham, Mid-hants Railway

Statues and Memorials in London: Speke Memorial

John Hanning Speke was an army officer who in December 1856 joined the expedition led by Richard Burton to find…

John Speke, Kensington Gardens, statues and memorials in London

Now How do I eat this?

A sequence of pictures shot of a young Grey Heron eating a frog. Going Going Gone Shot at Regents Park…

Grey Heron

Naturelog: Thursday 19th (2)

After Keith and I have finished the tour at Lord’s we walk the short distance to Regents Park. In the…

Canada Goose, Coot, Egyptian Goose, Grey Heron, Regents Park, Scaup, Smew

Naturelog: Thursday 19th (1)

Keith and I are in London to visit Lord’s cricket ground, but we stop off at Hyde Park on the…

Hyde Park, Mandarin Duck, Scaup

Naturelog: 18th March

Spring is almost here and its time to start the recording walks on the local patch. This year I am…

Canada Goose, Eurasian Coot, Greylag Goose, Magpie, Tarn

A Guided Tour Inside The Houses Of Parliament

Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
The last year or so I have probably visited Parliament a dozen times but always from…

Houses of Parliament

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