What's going on in Hyde Park?

Vacuuming up the Oak Processionary caterpillars which pose a threat to humans as their poisonous hairs can cause skin irritation and asthma. Their eggs arrived on oak imported in 2006 and despite a huge effort to eradicate them the moths are steadily expanding. Bet you'd have never guessed that!

London: the magnificent metropolis Dickens knew so well!

June 17th 2015
Well it's much bigger than it was in Dickens time of course but it's still a great place to explore on foot as he liked to do. But first things first! The girl sitting opposite us on the Heathrow Express to Paddington Station recognised us as Australians based on Kevin's boots! With the plane getting in at around 9.30am Tuesday morning, by 11.30am we were booked in to the Victory Services Club ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more

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