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Crested Screamer

Not a bird you would see in the wild in the UK, but an interesting oddity in bird evolution. The…

Crested Screamer

HMS Trafalgar

The launch of HMS Trafalgar HMS Trafalgar was a 120 gun ship of the Line built at Woolwich in 1840-41.…

HMS Trafalgar, Horatio Nelson, Portsmouth, Portsmouth Dockyard, Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson

Bar Headed Goose

The Bar-headed goose comes from Central Asia but is frequently reported in the UK due to escaped birds from Wildfowl…

Bar-headed goose

HMS Victory (2)

Following her withdrawal from active service HMS victory was sent to Portsmouth harbour to act as a depot ship for…

HMS Victory, Portsmouth

HMS Victory (1)

A visit to Portsmouth allowed me an opportunity to spend a couple of hours in the historic naval dockyard. The…

Admiral Jervis, Chatham dockyard, HMS Victory, Horatio Nelson, Portsmouth, Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson

Bletchley Park revisited (5): The dispatch rider

Most of the signal intercepts that arrived at Bletchley Park came by the hands of the motorcycle dispatch riders, who…

Bletchley Park

Save Britain’s Barn Owls

Originally posted on Green Living London:
A petition has been launched to save Britain’s Barn Owls, which are dying off in their…

Barn Owl

Bletchley Park revisited (4): 1947 Sunbeam Talbot

This saloon car was built in 1947 and exported to madras in India, where it remained until it was purchased…

Bletchley Park, Sunbeam Talbot

Bletchley Park revisited (3): The Packard Sedan

This is one of a fleet of Packard sedans bought by the secret service (MI6) in June of 1940. They…

Bletchley Park, Packard 6 Sedan

Bletchley Park revisited (2): The Ambulance

This 1938 Austin ambulance is now part of a small transport collection which is housed in the garages at Bletchley…

Bletchley Park

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