An advantage to knowing someone that works at Parliament is that you can get some behind the scenes tours that are not usually available to the public. Today, I got to visit the House of Lords archives and conservation studios. Today’s visit coincided with the last(-ish) chimes from Big Ben, the bell being taken out …
Author Archives: David
Migrating site
Moving this website to a new server. Might mean I actually write stuff here more than a few times per year. Expect some things to be broken for a while.
Several journeys around Orkney
I’ve been in the Orkney Islands for several days, departing from Scrabster (Near Thurso) with stays in St Margaret’s Hope, Kirkwall and somewhere between Finstown and Tingwall. Total journey length including ferries, busses, walking and the world’s shortest commercial flight : 516 km. More to follow.
Happy Oak Apple Day
Abolished in 1859, Oak Apple Day was established in 1660 by a parliamentary act declaring [29 May ] to be for ever kept as a day of thanksgiving for our redemption from tyranny and the King’s return to his Government, he entering London that day. It’s now the day where I usually post this video …
Bits of Canada from above
Off to Canada for a friend’s wedding. 26h of travel, so not entirely sentient yet. Now: a ferry ride to Vancouver island.