Autumn in the Royal Parks Richmond Park, south west London My original plans for a walk in Kent on this day were abandoned due to massive disruption to train services after a fatality at Swanley, but rather than head home and waste a day of glorious autumnal sunshine, I decided to head back into London [...]
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Rutting deer and fiery foliage
Posted in london, walks, tagged autumn leaves, deer, deer rut, fallow deer, isabella plantation, red deer, richmond park, royal parks, stag on November 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
An historian writes
Posted in stuff, tagged royal military canal on November 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
While writing this post about a recent trip to Rye and the Pett Level, I discovered that the 28 mile Royal Military Canal was constructed at a cost to the public purse of £234,310 which at the time – the early 19th century – was a huge amount of money. The more I read about [...]
