Views of Amsterdam (5)

Some of the boats which use the waterways of Amsterdam

Greek gods of health and healing

Statue of Asclepius in the British Museum Asclepius was the son of Apollo and was the god of healing and…

The Cormorant is one of our commonest waterbirds in the UK and can be seen pretty much everywhere across the…

Watchers waited with anticipation to see whether there would be anything left of comet ISON when it emerged from the…

Things finally began to get busy on the patch. We had the return of the Finches (Chaffinch, Goldfinch and Greenfinch)…

Photo by Paul Russell (http://www.flickr.com/photos/11481133@N04/) I had never really given a lot of thought to the term ‘Blood Moon’ until…

Having looked at the canal side houses here are some pictures from our recent trip to Amsterdam of the dwellings…

3650 is a representative of the class 57 shunting engine, which operated on the Great Western Railway. It was built…

Working at home today so able to see two unusual visitors to the garden. Eurasian Treecreeper is an uncommon bird…