Staring at brick walls
I aim to go for a walk every day. Once a week, I meet up with one or other of …
Category Archives: Past Times
Alternative transport
Whilst pedal-powered delivery services of every conceivable kind are common-place in Oxford, yesterday was the first time that I’d seen …
Yesterday, today, tomorrow
Blenheim Park, November 2020. … they only fade away
Headcases?
Pitt Rivers Museum is to remove shrunken heads from public exhibition. The museum’s director says that “Rather than enabling our …
For whom the bell tolls
They’ve been having a bit of a ding-dong in Tower Hamlets where the Council has just approved a plan to …
Down under
Thanks to friend’s generosity, I have a year’s pass to the Historic Naval Dockyards at Portsmouth – this gives unlimited …
Pitt-Rivers on steroids
Snowshill Manor in Gloucestershire is a monument to wholesome English eccentricity – think Pitt-Rivers on steroids meets Harry Potter Originally …
Sail and steam
Earlier this month, I visited HMS Warrior – one of the fascinating exhibits in Portsmouth’s Historic Naval Dockyard, learnt a …
Ascott House
Ascott House is just outside Aylesbury on the road to Leyton Buzzard. I visited it with a friend last bank …
HMS Victory
The last time I visited Nelson’s flagship, we were shown round by a sailor who was a mine of information …
After Work 