I went on the Sunday Stroll at RSPB Rainham yesterday. I last went in the winter of 2012 so was very excited to see what was there during springtime :) It was a fantastic day, the sun shone, the birds sang and our guides were very good, we learnt lots about the folklore surrounding plants…
Category: Travel
Crystal Palace Park
Hi all, today Cha-guy and I went for a long walk around Crystal Palace Park in South East London. We passed some ruins of the old Crystal Palace erected on the site in 1854 This magnificent building was designed by Joseph Paxton and hosted the Great Exhibition of industry and technology. It was burnt to…
Brick Lane and the Museum of Childhood
Hello all, Cha-guy and I spent most of Sunday wandering around Brick lane Market in London’s East End before heading off to the Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green where we reminisced about space invaders games, stickle bricks, baby alive dolls – they ate and poo’ed! old advert here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA8RsYEr_J8, plus a whole variety of…
..destitute of geometry…
We had a fantastic time in Oxford last week visiting the new maths institute for a garden party and talk by Marcus du Sautoy. I’ve only been to Oxford once, many years ago so it was a real treat to be shown around by Cha-guy who studied maths there. Our first night was spent at…
Messing about on the water :)
We spent a delightful weekend on a friends canal boat moored in West London. It was lovely waking up to the sounds of Moorhen chicks chirping around the boat, watching Dragonflies darting above the water, watching bats at dusk, being visited by a Cormorant and generally feeling all ‘wind in the willows’ :) Here is…
Sunday afternoon at the V and A
On Sunday I spent a lovely afternoon at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. I was supposed to be going to see the Beatrix Potter exhibit on the 5th floor but got sidetracked by the wrought iron, metalwork and recently opened ceramics galleries :) We also had an amazing meal in the beautiful cafe…
Darwin’s House
On Sunday we visited Down House the former home of Charles Darwin in the pretty village of Downe in Kent. We managed to get a bus all the way there from Bromley town centre, which was very quick and cheap!! We had a pot of tea and cake before touring the house and gardens and…
National Maritime Museum
A couple of weeks ago Cha guy and I decided to visit the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. I had spent most of my teen years in Greenwich and nearby Kidbrooke and Blackheath but had never visited the museum so it was quite exciting. On arrival I immediately recognised a large fresnel lens which had…
March 2013 desktop wallpaper calendar
Here is your desktop wallpaper for March. It was shot at the botanical gardens in Paris whilst vising the orchid exhibtion in the glasshouses.. more images can be found here http://flic.kr/s/aHsjEdmdJ1 (click on the picture, then again to make it bigger then right click and save)
Rue Mouffetard, Paris..
We spent a lovely 3 days in Paris last week, even though the weather was bitterly cold and snowing we managed to find a swanky apartment through http://www.airbnb.com situated near the wonderful market on Rue Mouffetard in the Latin Quarter The apartment was architect designed with a bedroom, living area/kitchen, bathroom and toilet with floor…
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