If the AEC Regent was the bus of my early childhood, then the Routemaster was the predominant bus of my…
Views of Alnmouth (6)
Cutty Sark (3)
The Cutty Sark is 212 ft long and has a draft of only 21ft
Views of Alnmouth (5)
One of the first things that you notice on exploring the village is that Church Hill, the site of the…
Common Terns
The Common Tern is a summer visitor to the UK, which is present from April to September. It breeds along…
Cutty Sark (2): What is a Cutty Sark?
A cutty sark is a name given in lowland Scotland to a short shift worn by ladies. The most famous…
Lachish -the last chapter
Buildings inside Tel Lachish photo by Orientalizing (https://www.flickr.com/photos/orientalizing/) Like the Assyrians before them, the Babylonians carried out a policy of…
Cutty Sark (1): The History
Cutty Sark is the last surviving example of a Clipper. The ships got their name from the American expression ‘to…
Views of Alnmouth (4)
Lying between the village and the beach are Alnmouth common and Alnmouth Marsh, which together with the beach and the…
Watch out Lachish – Here come the Babylonians!
In the North things went from bad to worse for the Assyrians and their Egyptian allies against the Babylonians. Defeats…
