June 2022
Scaremongering or is World War 3 coming?
28th June 2022 and there is grim news in the papers and on the news websites. Increasingly the media are referring to the outbreak of World War 3 as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Grim news The UK Chief of General Staff of the Army has describe this time as the UK’s “1937…
The town that never was – Ravenscar, Yorkshire
Today Ravenscar is a small coastal village in North Yorkshire, however during the late Victorian era there were much grander plans for the area. Around 1896 roads started to be built, drainage and sewers were being dug, plots for houses were marked, all to support the creation of a seaside resort town intended to rival…
Locomotion No 1 – Where passenger trains began
In September 1825, this humble looking railway station would take it’s place in history. Today it is known as Heighington Lane Railway Station, but almost 200 years ago it was merely a convenient place to access the rails of the Stockton & Darlington Railway Company with a locomotion. Locomotion No 1 was transported here, down…
Lily of Lumley
Lady of Lumley and the Aussie cricket team Northeast from Durham you will find the town of Chester le Street and a little way past the Durham Cricket ground is Lumley Castle. One of the famous ghosts of here is lady or (Lily of Lumley) She was the wife of the founder of Lumley Castle…
The Pittington UFO
Outside of Durham City 5miles east you come to a small Village called Pittington where in the late 70s there was a strange sighting of a UFO. It involved a taxi driver from Durham, working on a Sunday night and as such, he hadn’t been very busy all night. At about 10pm he got a…
Are the Lake Baikal Swimmers heading west?
Sitting in my car at the coast, watching the wind farm, and following on from my “What really lies beneath the water?” post, I was reminded of the “Swimmers of Lake Baikal” in Russia. Back in 1982, a team of seven Russian Navy divers were exploring Lake Baikal as part of a research exercise. Whilst…
Dutch oven cooking
One of the things I like to do when I’m camping is the cooking. I really don’t think there’s a better cooking experience than preparing food in the fresh air and for that I normally end up using my dutch oven. If I’m cooking for a group I can fill the dutch oven right up,…
