Brownsea Island: May 25th 2017

Brownsea Island in Pool Harbour in managd by the National Trust with a Nature Reserve managed by the Dorset Wildlife Trust. The Reserve is home to countless waterbirds, notably Sandwich Tetrns which arrive to breed in May. It is also home to one of the few populations of Red Suirerel survivng in the country

Here is a selection of the wildlife there this May

Morris Sides Dancing in Leicester. 13th May 2017

Saturday 13th May saw a host of traditional Morris Sides dancing around Leicester. I always enjoy Morris Dancing, so here are a set of pictures from the event:

Roman Leicester 10th May 2017

Leicester is a Roman city, Ratea Corieltauvorum, and has untold treasures below the modern day road surface. Some years ago a factory was demolished on the edge of the modern city, and before redevelopment an Achaelogical Survey was undertaken by the Leicester Museum Archaelogical Department to see what was beneath the surface. The site was recently opened to the public to view... the site includes the site of a town house and some remarkable mosaics have been preserved.

Contrast: Roman and 21st Century Leicester

Some of the artefacts

Mosaics

The Site

Mosaic

The Site

Mosaic