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Former bioscientist now part-time book curator and sailor.
Super "whales" art display in St Albans cathedral. An abbey here since 793 and Alban buried here c.300 AD. England's longest nave at 85m.
January 16, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Super "whales" art display in St Albans cathedral. An abbey here since 793 and Alban buried here c.300 AD. England's longest nave at 85m.
Interesting find nr St Albans cathedral, 50 yo horse chestnut tree grown from a conker brought from Verdun, 60 yrs after the battle.
January 16, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Interesting find nr St Albans cathedral, 50 yo horse chestnut tree grown from a conker brought from Verdun, 60 yrs after the battle.
King Penguins in the Cotswolds.
December 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
King Penguins in the Cotswolds.
Amazed to discover in Jersey this year that each tribe minted their own coinage. Much hidden in the Channel Isles by tribes fleeing Caesar. Here's some torcs also found in a hoard there:
December 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Amazed to discover in Jersey this year that each tribe minted their own coinage. Much hidden in the Channel Isles by tribes fleeing Caesar. Here's some torcs also found in a hoard there:
Just curious which of these passengers you are a descendant of?
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Just curious which of these passengers you are a descendant of?
Greenland Inuit kayak. Polar Research Inst. Cambridge.
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Greenland Inuit kayak. Polar Research Inst. Cambridge.
Love it!
If only was allowed on our badging..
If only was allowed on our badging..
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Love it!
If only was allowed on our badging..
If only was allowed on our badging..
Entrance to the Grand Harbour, from the watchtower in Barakka Gardens.
October 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Entrance to the Grand Harbour, from the watchtower in Barakka Gardens.
They make much more of "The Big One" - the successful defence of the Ottoman siege of 1565 by the Knights of St.John.
Here's the great Grand Master at that time, Jean de Vallette (hence Valletta).
Here's the great Grand Master at that time, Jean de Vallette (hence Valletta).
October 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
They make much more of "The Big One" - the successful defence of the Ottoman siege of 1565 by the Knights of St.John.
Here's the great Grand Master at that time, Jean de Vallette (hence Valletta).
Here's the great Grand Master at that time, Jean de Vallette (hence Valletta).
Phenomenal yachts, and the Grand Harbour, Valletta is something to see.
October 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Phenomenal yachts, and the Grand Harbour, Valletta is something to see.
I've always liked the one on Princes Street, E'burgh. It's not miniature though..
October 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I've always liked the one on Princes Street, E'burgh. It's not miniature though..
Greetings from Portland Bill Harbour, England. Just missed the dolphins in our wake. Not yet war ravaged.
October 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Greetings from Portland Bill Harbour, England. Just missed the dolphins in our wake. Not yet war ravaged.
I see a Turk entering the Grand Harbour!
It's only a barber!
It's only a barber!
October 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I see a Turk entering the Grand Harbour!
It's only a barber!
It's only a barber!
Nice anchorage at Sa Foradada:
September 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Nice anchorage at Sa Foradada:
Nice to be back in Mallorca; ready to sail.
September 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Nice to be back in Mallorca; ready to sail.
"Our" turtle has tracked up and down the Eastern seabord all year, now hundreds of miles offshore heading due East for 2 months on a parallel with Virginia Beach. V curious why.
September 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
"Our" turtle has tracked up and down the Eastern seabord all year, now hundreds of miles offshore heading due East for 2 months on a parallel with Virginia Beach. V curious why.
It's certainly up there.
Made in sunny Ipswich. Here's a lovely 55CR in Dartmouth 5 yrs ago, owned by friend-of-a-friend.
Made in sunny Ipswich. Here's a lovely 55CR in Dartmouth 5 yrs ago, owned by friend-of-a-friend.
September 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
It's certainly up there.
Made in sunny Ipswich. Here's a lovely 55CR in Dartmouth 5 yrs ago, owned by friend-of-a-friend.
Made in sunny Ipswich. Here's a lovely 55CR in Dartmouth 5 yrs ago, owned by friend-of-a-friend.
Replica of the James Caird lifeboat as sailed by Shackleton and crew 800 miles across the Southern Ocean to South Georgia.
Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge.
Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge.
August 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Replica of the James Caird lifeboat as sailed by Shackleton and crew 800 miles across the Southern Ocean to South Georgia.
Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge.
Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge.
Queen off the Carolina coast.
August 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Queen off the Carolina coast.
Jacques Cousteau's old boat seen in Teddington Lock, River Thames, London!
August 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Jacques Cousteau's old boat seen in Teddington Lock, River Thames, London!
Happy birthday, America and I!
4 July over 50 yrs ago. Those were the days, a convertible and my two beautiful American cousins..
4 July over 50 yrs ago. Those were the days, a convertible and my two beautiful American cousins..
July 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Happy birthday, America and I!
4 July over 50 yrs ago. Those were the days, a convertible and my two beautiful American cousins..
4 July over 50 yrs ago. Those were the days, a convertible and my two beautiful American cousins..
Thought you'd like this. In an art gallery in Jersey.
July 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Thought you'd like this. In an art gallery in Jersey.
Classic choice, plenty of dubbin on it and some hard miles and it'll mould to your rear fine, or the other way around..
June 21, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Classic choice, plenty of dubbin on it and some hard miles and it'll mould to your rear fine, or the other way around..