Above is part of the cover of an occasional newsletter published by the ‘Animals Asia’ international charity. The principal aim of this charity is to rescue close-caged black bears that otherwise are kept in this state all their lives so that bile can be extracted from their abdomen, this being an ingredient in some traditional […]

How amazing, yet how predictable, that the warnings about potential damage to property and transport from the remnant of hurricane Ophelia should happen exactly 30 years since the ‘Great Storm’ of 1987. Whereas the worst affected areas in 1987 were the south-east and southern East Anglia (15 million trees blown down) in 2017 it was the

At lo, or late ebb, tide the part of the central Humber Estuary at and around the mouth of the River Ancholme can be seen a mass of water-fowl, mostly on the exposed mudflat extending east of the remnant of Reed’s Island but also on the exposed lower River-bank, at the water’s edge or swimming on the water

When recording recently comments on recent volunteering in Hull (City of Culture) for got to mention session on University site promoting the installation of a number of sculptures around the campus, these by an Icelandic sculptor and showing figures in various symbolic poses. It was a lovely sunny day and as ‘business’ was slow spent

Sad to report the recent death of Martin, a good friend and a learned man. Martin had been brought-up in Oxford, had a private education and studied for his degree at Oxford University. Although reluctant to detach himself from working for Oxford Parks Dept., he did spend his working life as a teacher of English,

Having not posted a blog since 28th September I must first of all apologise  for this ‘break of service’, especially as I have discovered from the ‘webmaster’ that I have quite a healthy ‘readership’ for which I am very grateful. This is the time of year when, in he Humberside region, one can see, and