Thanks. They sound like Darwin's earthworm stone in the garden of Down House - one of those things that is as you say understated but deeply meaningful. And we did go to Flag Fen years back (bef… (View Post)

Oddly enough I was thinking about him this morning, as I often do, as there is a floating duckhouse in the local pond which Mrs C and I regularly check out on our walks. (For some reason the resident… (View Post)

Ooh, that reminds me of something I learnt about at school - the Posts to show the fen shrinkage. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/holme-fen-posts I never did get to see them. What with this and @… (View Post)

Mrs C and I hadf a day out in Peterborough. Well, outside it a bit - to see the Flag Fen site. But the cathedral is a surprise, and the borough museum is nice with eg fossils from the local brick cla… (View Post)

Graun feed: 'Republic, the group campaigning against having a hereditary monarch as head of state, has released polling showing that “56% of the public believe MPs should swear allegiance to the… (View Post)