Agecroft No1

Agecroft No 1 was one of three locomotives built in 1948 in Newcastle to shunt wagons at Agecroft Power Station.…

Naturelog: 8th November

Keith and I Spent the day at the London Wetland Centre. It’s always fun to think about what you like…

Off to London Wetland Centre with Keith. Would be great if we saw Ring Ouzel. It must be 10 years…

Marcus Aurelius, Emporer and Philosopher, reigned from 161 to 180 AD. He was born in 121 in the province of…

Brunel was born in Portsmouth in April 1806, the son of the French Civil Engineer Sir Marc Isambard Brunel…

Class 47 No798 was built at Crewe and entered into service in 1965 and was employed on a wide variety…

No trip to York is complete, at least for me, without a visit to the National Railway Museum. My first…

Originally posted on Roads End Naturalist:
She asks me to kill the spider. Instead, I get the most peaceful weapons I can…

Barley Hall is situated in the centre of York. Parts of the house date from around 1360, when it served…

As with many Cathedrals, the roof of York Minster sores upwards creating a sense of immense space. There was a…