Abbotsbury Swannery (1)

The Swannery at Abbotsbury in Dorset was established by Benedictine monks in the 11th century as a farm to produce…

An interesting journey: Blaenau Ffestiniog-Bala, 1959

Trawling the worldwide web regarding Trawsfynydd and the Branch to Bala, has revealed some interesting snippets of information. One of…

The final stage in the history of Northe Fort was during the second world war. Both Portland and Weymouth harbours…

Following on from my iPod pictures of the moon yesterday, here are some more up close views of the moon…

As I was going out a few nights ago we saw the moon rising through the clouds. It looked so…

A walk around the patch today revealed that there was not much change with the algal bloom on the Tarn…

The enclosure of the casements and the relocation of the guns to the ramparts of the fort was accompanied by…

Haven’t done much astrophotography recently but here are a couple of pictures of the Whirlpool Galaxy taken with the Bradford…

The fortress was commisioned in 1872. The guns were housed in casements in the fortress wall protected by steel and…

Fenchurch is an example of the A! class terrier built for the LBSCR to work local passenger services. It was…