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These beauties were photographed at old allotments in Teddington around 2010, where Rachel once had a plot. My personal favourite. Don't...

Near the Roman Catholic Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist.

Built 1096 to 1145 Not to be confused with the Roman Catholic Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist, built 1882 to 1910.

Just off Iceland’s south coast, on the remote, deserted, island of Elliðaey in the Vestmannaejar archipelago, sits a lonely, solitary...

Woodland Gardens, in Bushy Park

Tall wife? On the cliffs of Olhos D'Agua, looking west.

This magnificently upcycled gazebo, embellished with rope, adorns an allotment about fifty yards from our own. It is home to bean plants,...

From the back of the allotment where things are pretty much out of control, with rampant rhubarb and raspberries, and a young fig tree...

Introduction Well, there are a hundred and one of them, (had to stop somewhere), and they are for the most part about local history in...

“It will look, I fear, a little like arrogance in a private man to give a printed description of his villa and collection, in which...

Built around 1175, The Clattern Bridge in Kingston upon Thames is one of the oldest intact bridges in England, spanning a minor chalk...

“What a monster! Imagine an enormous see-saw, with a steam engine at one end, and a pump at the other …” So enthused Charles Dickens in...

Well that's what I thought I heard when a colleague at my new, and first job in London, listed out some of the nearby places I might like...

I love spending time in this charming old place. Sometimes that’s not all I spend. Thank you to my wife Rachel for reminding me of it,...

It took place on November 13th 1642, near the then village of Turnham Green, at the end of the first campaigning season of the First...

The London Apprentice has attracted clientele of all sorts over the ages. A Grade II listed building, it is located next to the River...