West Country 2019 (1)

Day one of our trip to Cornwall and Devon saw us making an afternoon stop at the RSPB reserve at…

Ring Nebula

I have been reviewing some of my files of photographs and came across these of the Ring Nebula, one of…

Normandy is an example of a B4 class engine. These were very powerful steam shunting engines. It was built in…

Originally posted in July 2013 Was great to be back at Didcot Railway Centre to see 6023 King Edward II…

A member of the GWR Castle class, 5080 was originally named Ogmore Castle. It was built at Swindon in 1939…

Perhaps it could be described as the unknown cathedral of London – Westminster Cathedral, not to be confused with Westminster…

A trip into London and some time to kill. I decide to visit the Household Cavalry museum off Whitehall. The…

Cutty Sark. Photo by Paul Hudson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pahudson/ Cutty Sark is the last surviving example of a Clipper. The ships got…

Being a history buff, the British Museum is probably my favourite of the many museums in London. The collection dates…

By the middle of the 19th century it was becoming evident that the British Museum collection was outgrowing its home…