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west wittering

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west wittering

West Wittering

In November 2023, we visited West Wittering,  a village…
  • Europe
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Waltham to Kemble

White Waltham to Kemble

Kemble Airfield, also known as Cotswold Airport, is a private…
  • Europe
  • Flying
chiswick house and gardens

Autumn 2023 in Chiswick House Gardens

Autumn 2023 in Chiswick House and Gardens. The golden season…
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Al Khora womens centre in 2023

Al Khora Womens’ Centre in 2023

My first post-COVID return visit since 2019. The Centre looked…
  • Middle East
al khora in 2019

Al Khora in 2019

In 2019, I visited Al Khora for an AMAR site visit. I had…
  • Middle East

History & Archaeology of Erbil Citadel: 6,000 Years of Inhabitation

The Erbil Citadel is a fortified settlement on top of an…
  • Middle East
Doctor in Essian IDP camp

IDP camps in northern Iraq

The Essian Camp opened on 22/12/2014 as a formal site for…
  • Middle East
chibayish marshes boat

Chibayish Marshes in Iraq

In early September 2023, I was privileged to be taken into the…
  • Middle East

Basra in 2023

Basra, in 2023, is finally showing signs of improvement. Major…
  • Middle East
Syrphus vitripennis

Syrphus vitripennis

Syrphus vitripennis is a common and widespread hoverfly though…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe
palomena prasina - common green shieldbug

Common green shieldbug (Palomena prasina)

Common shieldbug The Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina)…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe
Honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee (Apis mellifera)

The Honey bee (Apis mellifera) makes honey from pollen and…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
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Campyloneura virgula

Campyloneura virgula

Campyloneura virgula is a common predatory bug found on a…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
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Lucilia sericata

Lucilia sericata A green metallic ‘greenbottle’…
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Muscina levida

Muscina levida

The Muscina genus is characterised by a striped thorax, a red…
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xyphosia miliaria

Xyphosia miliaria

Xyphosia miliaria may have a body length of 5 to 8 mm and a…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
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Sandwich in Kent

Our friends, Robert and Susan, kindly invited us to stay with…
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Deraeocoris flavilinea

Deraeocoris flavilinea

Deraeocoris flavilinea is a species which has rapidly…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe
Common carder bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)

Common carder bumblebee

The only one of three all-ginger bumblebees to be a member of…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe
Ten spot lady bird (Adalia decempunctata)

Ten spot lady bird (Adalia decempunctata)

A small and variable ladybird – which confusingly…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe
Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terestris)

Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terestris)

The Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terestris) or large earth…
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Myathropa florea

Myathropa florea

Myathropa florea has bold yellow and black markings and gets…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

Tapered drone fly (Eristalis pertinax)

Whilst similar to E. tenax, this species has a more tapering…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

Spotted Longhorn (Rutpela maculata)

Rutpela maculata is also commonly known as the…
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Polydrusus formosus

A bright metallic green weevil with round scales, a dark club…
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Closterotomus norwegicus

Closterotomus norwegicus belongs to the Miridae family and is…
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trondheim

Trondheim to Svalbard by air

Tromdheim to Svalbard by plane 0 likes
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Riyadh

Riyadh

This was a visit to Riyadh for a project with a bank. The…
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Hong Kong in 1987

Hong Kong in 1987

After six months in China, Hong Kong in 1987 seemed like…
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west wittering beach

West Wittering beach

Located at the mouth of Chichester Harbour, West Wittering…
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Aphidius colemani and its mummies

Aphidius colemani and its mummies

Aphidius colemani are small braconid wasps. Females lay eggs…
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Revenge shooting

My paternal grandmother’s uncle, Joe Meenan, was shot…
  • Americas - north

Common Flesh Fly (Sarcophaga carnaria)

The Sarcophagidae are often known as Flesh Flies and can be…
  • Europe
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torrisdale bay beach

Torrisdale Bay Beach

Torrisdale Bay beach is a fabulous mile-long, with clean…
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Strathy Point Lighthouse

Strathy Point

Strathy Point projects sharply out from the central section of…
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Cape Wrath

Cape Wrath

Cape Wrath is famous as the most north-westerly point in…
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Bamburgh

Bamburgh

Bamburgh is a village located on the coast of Northumberland,…
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Orkney Islands

Orkney Islands, a group of more than 70 islands and…
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Balnakeil Beach

Balnakeil Beach

Balnakeil Beach is a picturesque stretch of coastline located…
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buenos aires

Buenos Aries

This was a business trip that was memorable because of the…
  • Americas - south

Cape Town

We flew here before driving north up into Namibia. The…
  • Africa

Beechlawn House, Newmarket-on-Fergus

Beechlawn House, Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare…now the…
  • Europe

San Paulo

Just a brief visit on my way back to the UK after spending…
  • Americas - south
salta

Salta

Salta Salta is the capital and largest city in the Argentine…
  • Americas - south
yopal

Yopal

Yopal is a city located in the eastern plains of…
  • Americas - south
Adder (Vipera berus)

Adder (Vipera berus)

Adder (Vipera berus) is the scientific name for the common…
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  • Reptile
xCormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

The Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) is a large, black, and…
  • Birds
  • Chiswick House and Gardens

Little egret (Egretta garzetta)

The Little egret is a small, white heron that feeds on small…
  • Birds
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Plagiognathus arbustorum

This extremely common bug is found throughout the UK on a…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
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Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)

The Small Copper is usually seen in ones and twos, but in some…
  • Europe
  • Insects

Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)

Mature horse chestnut trees grow to a height of around 40m and…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
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Rhopalus subrufus

This genus comprises four species in the UK; all are rather…
  • Europe
  • Insects

Rhododendron leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi)

This large and striking species is native to the USA, where it…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

The goldfinch is a highly coloured finch with a bright red…
  • Birds
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Red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Red deer have red-brown fur with a cream rump. The UK’s…
  • Mammals

Yellow swarming fly (Thaumatomyia notata)

Thaumatomyia notata, the yellow swarming fly, is a species of…
  • Europe
  • Insects
Common green shieldbug (Palomena prasina)

Common green shieldbug (Palomena prasina)

Common green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) The common green…
  • Europe
  • Insects

Salticus scenicus

The female has a black abdomen with white stripes whereas the…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

Alder beetle (Agelastica alni)

The Alder leaf beetle is a 7-8 mm long dark metallic blue leaf…
  • Europe
  • Insects

Chicken of the woods (Laetiporus sulphureus)

Bright, bold and soft to the touch. With its distinctive look,…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

Buff tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris)

One of the ‘Big 7’ widespread and abundant species, found in a…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Insects

Brown lipped snail (Cepaea nemorali)

Also known as the Banded Snail, this is the UK’s most…
  • Europe
  • Molluscs
Willow emerald damselfly

Willow emerald damselfly (Chalcolestes viridis)

The Willow emerald damselfly is a recent colonist, with…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

Brown shield bug (Coreus marginatus)

A large and mottled reddish-brown squash bug with a broad,…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe
banded general soldier fly

Banded general (Stratiomys potamida)

The banded general soldier fly is of the ‘big…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

Figwort Cheilosia (Cheilosia variabilis)

Wing length 7.5 – 10mm. This is a fairly robust all…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

Cabbage white (Pieris rapae)

Pieris rapae is a small- to medium-sized butterfly species of…
  • Insects

Vespula germanica

Vespula germanica, the European wasp, German wasp, or German…

Harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis)

The harlequin ladybird is one of about 40 species of ladybird…

Tephritis neesii

The adult Tephritis neesii has a blackish-brown body with a…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

Closterotomus trivialis

This species has a rather variable appearance but is usually…

Red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta)

The Red Admiral is a frequent visitor to gardens throughout…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

Soldier fly (Chloromyia formosa)

Chloromyia formosa can reach a length of 7.3–9 millimetres…
  • Europe
  • Insects

Woodlouse (Oniscus asellus)

The common woodlouse is the most widespread species of…
  • Arthropods
  • Europe

White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)

One of the ‘Big 7’ widespread and abundant species, found in a…
  • Europe
  • Insects

Black ants (Lasius niger)

The black garden ant (Lasius niger), also known as the common…
  • Europe
  • Insects

Lesser stag beetle (Dorcus parallelipipedus)

The lesser stag beetle may be smaller than its famous cousin,…
  • Europe
  • Insects

Large Narcissus Fly (Merodon equestris)

Known as the Large Narcissus Fly or Narcissus Bulb Fly, this…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

Hover fly (Eupeodes luniger)

A larger species than E.corollae, the other common Eupeodes in…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

Running crab spider (philodromus-albidus Running crab spider (Philodromus albidus)

Identification of running crab spiders is difficult, so this…
  • Europe
  • Spiders

Common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum)

The only one of three all-ginger bumblebees to be a member of…
  • Europe
  • Insects

Common blue damsel fly (Enallagma cyathigerum)

A medium-small damselfly. The thick blue stripe on its thorax…
  • Europe
  • Insects

Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria)

Occurs in woodland, gardens and hedgerows. Butterflies often…
  • Europe
  • Insects

Thelaira nigripes

Thelaira nigripes is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe
Beirut

Beirut

Beirut is Lebanon’s capital and largest city, located on…
  • Middle East

Jerusalem

In 1987, I passed through Israel on my way to Egypt. Jerusalem…
  • Middle East

Red kite (Milvus milvus)

A majestic scavenger, the red kite searches for food in almost…
  • Birds
  • Europe

Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

A born survivor with a bushy tail. Ever adaptable, the fox is…
  • Europe
  • Mammals

Spiny false wolf spider (Zoropsis spinimana)

The fangs of the Spiny False Wolf-spider – real name Zoropsis…
  • Europe
  • Spiders

Closterotomus trivialis

A new arrival in Britain where it has been associated with the…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

Smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris)

Newts are amphibians, breeding in ponds during the spring and…
  • Amphibians
  • Europe

Common banded hoverfly (Syrphus ribesii)

The common banded hoverfly is a very common hoverfly found…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

Broken back bug (Taylorilygus apicalis)

Taylorilygus apicalis can reach a length of about 4–5…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

Harlequin ladybird – Harmonia axyridis

Harlequin ladybird larva feeding on aphids. Harlequin ladybird…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

Common frog (rana temporaria)

The common frog varies in colour enormously, from green to…
  • Amphibians
  • Europe

Vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus)

Seen in my garden near a vine, but the Vine weevil can feed on…
  • Europe
  • Insects

Ptychoptera contaminata

Not the best image, but there may be mites around its…
  • Europe
  • Insects

Rosemary Beetle (Chrysolina americana)

The Rosemary beetle (Chrysolina americana) is a native of…
  • Europe
  • Insects

Black and yellow long horn (Rutpela-maculata)

This is a large but well-marked longhorn beetle with a…
  • Europe
  • Insects

common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)

The common red soldier beetle is also known as the…
  • Europe
  • Insects

Median Wasp ( Dolichovespula media)

Wasps – useful but annoying at picnics. The median wasp…
  • Europe
  • Insects

Cinnabar Moth Caterpilar (Tyria jacobaeae)

This species is so named due to the colour of the hindwings…
  • Europe
  • Insects

Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)

The male of Oedemera nobilis, as in most Oedemera species,…
  • Europe
  • Insects

Miridae (Liocoris tripustulatus)

Miridae (Liocoris tripustulatus) with a cream scutellum and…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

Impunctate mini-miner bee (Andrena subopaca)

Andrena subopaca is a Palearctic species of mining bee feeding…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

Willow emerald damselfly (Chalcolestes viridis)

The female Willow emerald damselfly (Chalcolestes viridis). It…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe
False widow spider (Steatoda Nobils)

False widow spider (Steatoda Nobils)

“Sometimes known as the Noble False Widow spider…
  • Spiders

Garden spider (Araneus diadematus)

The Garden spider is the UK’s most common orb web spider…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)

The UK’s favourite bird – with its bright red…
  • Birds
  • Chiswick House and Gardens

Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

Tree-climbing nut buriers. Scampering grey squirrels are a…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe
Green woodpecker (picus viridis)

Green woodpecker (picus viridis)

Green woodpecker (picus viridis) in west London. The European…
  • Birds
  • Chiswick House and Gardens

Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

About blackbird-sized and striking black-and-white. It has a…
  • Birds
  • Chiswick House and Gardens

Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)

Although they are the crow family’s most colourful…
  • Birds
  • Chiswick House and Gardens

Canada goose gosling (Branta canadensis)

The Canada goose (Branta canadensis), sometimes called the…
  • Birds
  • Chiswick House and Gardens

Marmalade hover fly (Episyrphus balteatus)

Our most common hoverfly, the marmalade fly, is orange with…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

Broad Centurion (Chloromyia formosa)

This soldier fly has sexes that are very different in…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Insects

Speckled Bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima)

The speckled bush cricket is a species of bush cricket common…
  • Europe
  • Insects

Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula Krameri)

The parakeets make nests in trees by digging out big spaces…
  • Birds
  • Chiswick House and Gardens

Black headed gull

Black-headed gull and single feather reflected in the lake.…
  • Birds
  • Chiswick House and Gardens

Snowdrops

Snowdrops are a reminder that Spring is on its way and that…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus)

Stag beetles are one of the most spectacular insects in the…
  • Europe
  • Insects

Volucella inanis

Volucella inanis The adults reach 15–17 mm long. They have…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Europe

Grey Mining bee (Andrena cineraria)

Close up a Grey Mining bee (Andrena cineraria) feeding on…
  • Europe
  • Insects

Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

Two pigeons are harassing this poor kestrel. Normally, the…
  • Birds
  • Chiswick House and Gardens

Root maggot fly (Botanophila fugax)

This root maggot fly (?Botanophila fugax) knew that danger…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Insects

Red necked terrrapin (Trachemys scripta elegans)

The red-eared slider or red-eared terrapin (Trachemys scripta…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Nature

Beefsteak Fungus (Fistulina hepatica)

The Beefsteak Fungus, Fistulina hepatica. This mushroom is…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Fungi

Shaggy Parasol (Chlorophyllum (formerly Macrolepiota) rhacodes)

The Shaggy Parasol  is a fairly common mushroom found mainly…
  • Fungi

Green Dock Beetle (Gastrophysa viridula)

Usually found on Dock plants, it can be seen anywhere that…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Insects
Asian Brown Praying Mantis - Hierodula membranacea

Asian Brown Praying Mantis – Hierodula membranacea

Asian Brown Praying Mantis – Hierodula membranacea: The…
  • Insects

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

Key information Grey herons are unmistakable: tall, with long…
  • Birds
  • Chiswick House and Gardens

7-Spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)

7-Spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) A cheerful…
  • Chiswick House and Gardens
  • Insects

Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Summer holiday time in Can Cun coincided with a…
  • Americas - south

Lahore Fort

The old city sits in the shadow of Lahore Fort, a massive…
  • Asia
  • Books
Toungoo 1945

Toungoo, 1945

Based in Toungoo 1945, Captain Frost (my father) set up…
  • Asia
  • Books

Port Said in 1926

In 1926, my paternal grandfather was based in Egypt. During…
  • Africa
Turpan

Turpan

Turpan has long been the centre of a fertile oasis (with water…
  • Asia
  • Books
Dunhuang

Jiayuguan

Jiayuguan Jiayuguan is a pass standing at the western end of…
  • Asia
  • Books

Salt Lake City, Utah

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  • Americas - north
N’djili International Airport

N’djili International Airport, Boulevard Lumumba, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Crashed planes by the runway – N’djili International…
  • Africa

Xian

I met an engineer and a gynaecologist in Xian. We had lunch…
  • Asia
Turpan

Turpan, Dunhuang and Jiuguan

Turpan, Dunhuang and Jiuguan in 1987 Turpan, also spelled…
  • Asia
  • My places

Mumbai

Back to Mumbai to visit the famous Dobi Ghats in Mumbai, where…
  • Asia

Basra

Basra in 2011. I was there as a member of a UK trade mission…
  • Middle East

Koh Samui 2023

After the COVID lockdown, when travel was not an option, it…
  • Far East

I LOVE ELEPHANTS, Koh Samui

Back to Thailand for a first post-COVID trip to Asia. The trip…
  • Far East

Chiswick wildlife

The Covid-19 lockdown in 2020 will be remembered as a tough…
  • Europe
  • Nature

Languedoc, France

Pézenas is a commune in the Hérault department in…
  • Europe
somaliland

Somaliland

Somaliland is a self-declared, de facto…
  • Africa

Transylvania. Romania

Băile Tușnad, Transylvania, in the autumn was a beautiful…
  • Europe

Bodrum, Turkey

Just a day in Turkey. Sailed over from Kos in Greece on a…
  • Europe

Kos, Greece

Just a week on the island of Kos. Sunny days and great…
  • Europe

Baghdad

Just a short trip to Baghdad for a religious tolerance…
  • Middle East

Svalbard in the Arctic circle

Svalbard in the Arctic Circle (prior to 1925, known by its…
  • Arctic

Basra, Iraq

Just a short trip to meet the team. The new bridge, built by…
  • Middle East
jamaica

Jamiaca

Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea.…
  • West Indies
Al Khora Basra

Al Khora – Iraq

Al Khora, Basra Basra is a major city in southern Iraq, known…
  • Middle East

Northern Romania

The dance festival in Oncești, in the north of Romania brought…
  • Europe

Essyan IDP camp, Iraq

The Essian IDP camp is in the Shekhan area, Northern Iraq. In…
  • Middle East

Duhok, Iraq

This was a great eating experience – fresh carp cooked…
  • Middle East

Apache artist

An award-winning Apache artist – Donn Clark. Donn is of…
  • Americas - north

Gentle loving

Here is the pack in the BofE Rugby Club giving the Ruislip…
  • Europe

G-OFIT respray

In 2016, the GFI Aviation group agreed that it was time for…
  • Europe
  • Flying
Gent

Christmas market in Gent

Gent is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of…
  • Europe

Trier Christmas Market

The enchanting 43nd Trier Christmas Market takes place from…
  • Europe

Lille, France

Lille is a city in northern France, in French Flanders. On the…
  • Europe

Animals

Different animals from around the world. 0 likes
  • Mammals
  • Nature
pakistan - people

Pakistan – people

Pakistan – people Pakistan is a country located in South…
  • Asia
  • People

Chitral, Gilgit and Hunza, Pakistan 2016

Back to the northwest region of Pakistan after 29 years. With…
  • Asia

Stockholm, Sweden

This weekend was spent in Stockholm with a group of English,…
  • Europe

Jamaica

Just a short break in Jamaica, with time enough to relax and…
  • West Indies

Colorized old photos

Colorized old photographs This is a selection of old…
  • Asia
  • Far East

Winter time in London

London in winter can be a grey place with flat light. These…
  • Europe
Winterscape

Winterscapes from the air

A couple of flights in January 2016, with clear skies, a touch…
  • Europe
  • Flying

Canary Wharf, London

Canary Wharf is a major business district located in Tower…
  • Europe
Divine Highways

Divine Highways

Divine Highways – Abandoning his plan to search for his…
  • Books

Crossing the Mara river

This was taken in 2011 and shows part of a crossing of the…
  • Africa
masai mara in kenya

Masai Mara in Kenya (2015)

The Maasai Mara is one of the best places in the world to see…
  • Africa
  • Birds

Waltham to Le Touquet

A perfect day for flying, with Jamelin, my four-year-old…
  • Europe
  • Flying

Waltham to Lydd

In January 2015, on a winter’s day, I flew from White…
  • Europe
  • Flying

White Waltham to Old Buckenham

On a beautiful Saturday morning in June 2015, I flew with some…
  • Europe
  • Flying

Bandhavgarh National Park, India

Bandhavgarh National Park is one of the popular national parks…
  • Asia
  • Nature
India - Varanasi

Varanasi Ghats

Varanasi also known as Benares, is a North Indian city on the…
  • Asia
chumbi valley tibet

Chumbi Valley in Tibet

The Chumbi Valley in Tibet is a valley at the intersection of…
  • Asia

Kathmandu, Nepal in B/W

Here are some black-and-white photographs of Kathmandu taken…
  • Asia

India

This was a short visit that covered Varanasi, Bandhavgarh…
  • Asia
  • People

Tourtour, France

What a wedding it was. Excitement. Drama. Great company and a…
  • Europe
kosovo

Kosovo

Kosovo is landlocked in the central Balkan Peninsula. Its…
  • Europe

Oman

While working in Dubai, my team and I hired a 4-wheel drive…
  • Middle East

Saigon, Vietnam

Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam. It was once known as…
  • Far East

Kashgar, Western China

Kashgar (known in Chinese as Kashi) is an oasis city with an…
  • Asia
  • Books

Wuhan to Shanghai

Little by little, I drifted downhill through the backstreets…
  • Asia
  • Books
SS Thistlegorm

SS Thistlegorm

One the best wreck dives in the world The SS Thistlegorm was…
  • Middle East

Bristol Mercury Engines on the Thistlegorm

The Thistlegorm also contains cylinders from Bristol Mercury…
  • Flying
  • Middle East

Lysander on the Thistlegrom

SS Thistlegorm was sunk in 1941 and contains a number of…
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Trolley accumulators on the Thistlegorm

Trolley accumulators on the Thistlegorm

Trolley accumulators on the Thistlegorm A number of dive…
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Pundit light

This is a Pundit light – with generator, switch gear and…
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Blenheim bomber, Thistlegorm

Explore the tail planes of the Blenheim Bomber and Bristol Mercury exhaust rings featured on the SS Thistlegorm wreck.

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Salzburg – a baroque masterpiece

Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria and the capital…
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Monkey World, Dorset

Monkey World assists governments around the world to stop the…
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WLAC members´ day 2014

WLAC Members´ day is usually in September and, more often than…
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pisac market

market near Cusco, Peru

Pisac Market, or Mercado de Pisac, is one of the…
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Hidroelectrica, Peru

After a noisy overnight stay in the Santa Teresa nightclub cum…
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Machu pichu

Machu Picchu, Peru as the sun rises

Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca site located 2,430 metres…
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Cusco to Puno by train, Peru

The Andean Explorer run by PeruRail is currently classified as…
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Cusco and the Sacred Valley, Peru

Cusco  is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba…
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Salkantay trek, Peru

Salkantay (Nevado Salkantay), Sallqantay in Quechua is the…
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Puerto Maldonaldo, Peru

Puerto Maldonado is a city in Southeastern Peru in the Amazon…
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Lima, Peru

Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is…
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Chiswick, London

Chiswick is a district in West London, England. It is located…
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G-OFIT Socata TB10

G-OFIT Socata TB10

G-OFIT Socata TB10 is an aircraft based at White Waltham…
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Sharm el Sheikh

Just a week in the sun…in a Sharm el Sheikh almost…
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Perranporth, England

Perranporth is a small seaside resort town on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Newquay and 7 miles northwest of Truro. There is little to beat flying into Perranporth Airfield, originally built during World War II as an RAF fighter station, is now a civil airfield located on the plateau above the cliffs.

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Lemon and friends, London

Just a few shots from my new Nikon D800, which is a delight to…
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Kraków, Poland

Kraków is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River (Polish: Wisła) in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century.

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Khajuraho - India

Khajuraho – India

The Khajuraho Group of Monuments in Khajuraho, a town in…
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Bombay, India

Mumbai, also known by its former name Bombay, is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Four generations of my family have now worked in Mumbai or been there for a short visit.

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Varanasi, India

Varanasi (also known as Benares, Banaras or Kashi), is a city…
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Canary Wharf, London

Canary Wharf, London, is a major business district located…
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Airfields and Sights, UK & France

Pictures taken on flying trips around the UK and…
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Floods near Gloucester, United Kingdon

Flooding in Gloucestershire created a major problem for many…
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Dunsfold, United Kingdom

Dunsfold Park is home to Wings and Wheels, an annual air and…
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Brick Lane, London

Brick Lane is a street in East London, England, in the London…
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Florida, United States of America

Wildlife in Florida can be found in the cities, towns, and…
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London, United Kingdom

London is the capital city of England and of the United…
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Chichen Itza, Mexico

Chichen Itza (“at the mouth of the well of…
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Operation Masterdom

Operation Masterdom

Operation Masterdom was a British military operation that took…
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West London, United Kingdom

London is the greatest city. It may no longer be the biggest…
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Erbil, Iraq

Erbil has a population of about 1 million people and is the…
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Zanzibar

Spent just over a week spent in Zanzibar in a big resort with…
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Burundi

Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked…
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Bombed in Basra

Manawi Basha Hotel, Basra The evening started well enough,…
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Leigh-on-Sea

The town of Leigh-on-Sea is situated on the northern side of…
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Baghdad, Iraq

One of these photographs is of the telecommunications tower in…
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Versailles, France

Another visit to Versailles, this time in a rugby tour with…
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New York, United States of America

Two short visits in a year to Norwalk, CT in 2008. One trip in…
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Connecticut United States

Connecticut, United States of America

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England…
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Dubai, UAE

Two emirates and a whole lot of cranes. According to one…
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Ju ju man, Nigeria

The village is on the shores of the lagoon – known as…
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Lagos, Nigeria

The village is on the shores of the lagoon – known as…
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Black shirts in Munich

It was the 60th anniversary of the founding of Isráel –…
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Milan, Italy

Milano in June is hot and damp. The city lies under a cloud of…
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Masai Mara – Kenya

This was our second visit to the Masai Mare. This time we…
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Athens, Greece

Just a few days in Athens in May – colder than I had…
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A rat’s tale in Washington DC

Just a few days in Washington DC, for a Foreign Corrupt…
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Cocli market, northern Vietnam

Cocli market is not easy to find, but well worth the time…
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Sa Pa, Vietnam

Sa Pa, or Sapa, is a frontier town and capital of Sa Pa…
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Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok is the capital and the most populous city of Thailand.…
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Notting Hill Carnival, London

The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual event that since 1964…
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Vientiane, Laos

Vientiane is Laos’s capital and largest city, situated…
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Mekon river trip, Laos

Entering Laos by travelling down the Mekon River from Thailand…
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Luang Prabang temples, Laos

Religion is one of the most important social forces in…
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Luang Prabang market, Laos

Entering Laos by travelling down the Mekon River from Thailand…
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Killing Fields, Cambodia

The Killing Fields are a number of sites in Cambodia where…
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Ta Prohm, Cambodia

Ta Prohm (Khmer: ប្រាសាទតាព្រហ្ម)is the modern name of the…
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Siem Reap, Cambodia

In 2007, we headed out to the Far East and toured Laos,…
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Vietnam

This was a trip from Hanoi to Saigon, passing through Hue,…
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Richmond Park, London

Living in Chiswick means that Richmond Park is just a…
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Oman

Just over a week in Oman – with some time on the beach,…
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People, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a diverse country with a rich cultural heritage…
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Sigiriya, Sri Lanka

Sigiriya (Lion Rock) is located in the central Matale District…
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Maldives

A week on the Taj Coral reef, marked by great diving and some…
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Brecon Beacons, Wales

Just a short weekend break to the ‘Bacon’ Beacons…
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Wild life

Photographs of wildlife taken in Africa and India. Most of the…
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Monastaries, Tibet

Now recovering from the damage inflicted by previous Chinese…
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Kalahari desert, South Africa

Leaving Namibia behind, we drove back into South Africa. Our…
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Southern Namibia

One visit was not enough. This time, it was a flight to Cape…
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Namib desert – Nambia

The Republic of Namibia is in southwestern Africa, on the…
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Morocco

After a few days in Marrakech in 1999, we travelled over the…
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Agra, India

Travelling in a hired car with a driver, we drove down to Agra…
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Kashmir, India

In 1989, Kashmir was about to enter into a period of unrest…
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Israel

Arriving in Haifa in 1987, my journey took me down through the…
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Spain

It was a long journey in a small car, but one that left…
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Athens, Greece 1987

What better place to start a journey in 1987 than Athens? Ten…
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Turkey

My arrival in Istanbul in January 1987 after a long bus ride…
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Egypt

From Cairo to Alexandria, back to Cairo and then down south by…
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Beijing, China

Beijing in 1987 was very different from Beijing today. No…
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Karakoram Highway, Pakistan

The Karakoram Highway (KKH) is the highest paved international…
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Shandur Pass, Pakistan

It was 1987,  in the mountains between Chitral and Gilgit.…
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Bumburet

Bumburet, Pakistan

Bumburet By sheer luck, a very helpful officer from PIA and…
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kashgar

Kashgar, China

Sust to Kashgar Crossing the Karakoram mountains into China,…
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Gyanste in Tibet

Gyanste in Tibet

Gyantse is a town located in Gyantse County, Shigatse…
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Lhasa Tibet

Lhasa, Tibet

The autumn of 1987 found me in Tibet. Arriving by plane from…
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Lhasa riot 1 October 1987

1987 Lhasa riot, Tibet

The first of October is also Chinese National Day. Just after…
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chomolhari

Chomolhari, Tibet

Chomolahri Jomolhari (Dzongkha) or Qomo Lhari, Chomolhari…
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Kathmandu, Nepal

Kathmandu, Napal Kathmandu is the capital and largest city of…
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Elephant experience in Thailand

After Tibet and Nepal, the bright lights of Bangkok were a bit…
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Penang

Penang, Malaysia

Taking the train from Bangkok in 1987, Nitza and I travelled…
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1906 Hong Kong typhoon

1906 Hong Kong typhoon

1906 Hong Kong typhoon On September 18 1906, a typhoon with a…
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Japan in 1907

In 1907, Augustine Frost, then a doctor in the British Army,…
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China in 1906

In 1906, Austin Frost, my grandfather, was in China. This…
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Pune in the 1900s

Pune in the 1900s

Pune in the 1900s Poona Cantonment, also known as Pune…
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Budapest

Just a short weekend break – to discover that Budapest…
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Hoi Ann

Hoi An, Vietnam

Hoi An is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Quang Nam…
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WWII in the Far East

WWII in the Far East

WWII in the Far East After spending a year based on the…
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Mesopotamia campaign 1917-1918

Mesopotamia campaign – 1917 My grandfather, a doctor in…
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