John Donne

I made a rare trip to the city of London the other day to attend a meeting. Afterwards, I wandered…

Memories of Summer

As I sit here today, looking out over the gardens, it is a grey and miserable day and the rain…

One of the things I love about visiting heritage sights is the old advertising signs and there were plenty on…

This wonderful-looking locomotive was built in 1946 at Brighton Works for use on Southern Region mainline trains. In all, 110…

A trip to the Bluebell railway for the Giants of Steam weekend and a chance to see some locomotives from…

This is the magnificent figurehead from HMS Ajax, which can be found in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. HMS…

I recently went to see the Astrophotographer of the Year exhibition at Greenwich. As usual, the photos were stunning. Here…

Whilst exploring the National Maritime Museum, I came across this statue of a Naval Officer and expected it to be…

The first reference to a house on this site was when Humphrey Duke of Gloucester built a manor house in…

I always wondered what a Post Mill was so it was good to be able to visit this example in…