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  • Peterborough – Ostrich Inn

    Nearly knocked down a few years ago, this pub was saved only by city councillors who ignore the council planners. They were right to do so in my opinion, this pub was once frequented by Charlie Chaplin when he was performing nearby and Peterborough should be respectful of its heritage.

    For a while the pub lost its historic name of the Ostrich, but fortunately it has been restored. It was a little ridiculous to have changed the name since it had been known as the Ostrich since at least the 1840s, and during the Victorian period it also appears to have been used as a hotel.

    This is a brave piece of lighting to be located in the middle of a pub, but it does strangely fit in, I like it.

    I hadn’t seen the blackboard with the beers on when I went to order, but seeing this pump-clip was enough to know that I wanted it. The beer was sweeter than I expected, but there was a flavour of rum and chocolate, an intriguing combination. Reading some reviews on-line this beer isn’t quite as popular as I think it should be though….

    And the beer list which I noticed after having ordered… The clear division between craft beer and cask beer is helpful, it’s often not obvious in pubs. Although I’m becoming more and more interested in craft beer, so I’m more than happy with both.

    The service was efficient and although there were no staff members visible when I entered, a customer helpfully went off to find her for me. All friendly and helpful, the atmosphere was clean and comfortable as well.

  • Peterborough – Peterborough Cathedral (Haydn Keeton)

    This memorial tablet is a little different with its musical score, marking the burial of Haydn Keeton, the cathedral’s former organist. He was born on 26 October 1847 in Sheffield and served as the cathedral’s organist from 1870 until 1921. He died at the age of 73 and during his time in Peterborough he lived at 4 Park Road and on Thorpe Road, doing well enough to have three servants during his time at the latter address.

  • Index of Places Long Since Visited

    Locations visited in the past…..

     

    2018

    Peterborough, UK

    Poznan, Poland and Gniezno, Poland

    Hayes, London, Hounslow, London and Harlington, London

    Kiev, Ukraine

    Poltava, Ukraine

    Lviv, Ukraine

    Brighton, East Sussex

    Bristol

    Aldershot, Hampshire

    Oxford, Oxfordshire

    Vilnius, Lithuania

    Lewes and Newhaven, East Sussex

    Riga, Latvia

    Szczytno, Poland

    Mragowo, Poland

    Olsztyn, Poland

    Lake District

    Whitby

    Smuggler’s Trod Challenge Walk, UK

    Ely, UK

    Wisbech, UK

    Madrid, Spain

    Seville, Spain

    Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

    Heathrow T3 BA Lounge, UK

    London, UK (just briefly)

    Limoges, France

    Trier, Germany

    Gdansk, Poland

    Grudziądz, Poland

    Ridgeway, UK

    Canterbury, UK

    Luxembourg City and Thionville, Luxembourg and France

    Bremen, Germany

    Aarhus, Denmark

    Coast to Coast Two  [ Day 0Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5Day 6 | Day 6+1 ]

    The below trips I’ve bored people with on Facebook over the years. I might go back at some stage and copy the photos over, with added commentary. I’ve gone back five years from the time I wrote this (June 2018). However, writing these up might take some time….

    April 2018 – Southampton, Bristol, Cardiff and Bournemouth (UK)

    February 2018 – Szczecin, Warsaw and Lodz (Poland)

    January 2018Los Angeles, Tucson, El Paso, San Antonio, New Orleans, Memphis, Nashville, Louisville and Las Vegas (United States)

    January 2018 – Dublin (Ireland)

    November 2017Bydgoszcz and Katowice (Poland)

    October 2017Oradea (Romania), Wroclaw (Poland) and Bedford (UK)

    September 2017 – Budapest and Visegrad (Hungary)

    August 2017 – Bath and Nottingham (UK)

    June 2017 – Hadrian’s Wall 2017

    May 2017 – Carcassonne and Narbonne (France)

    April 2017 – Southampton and Huntingdon (UK)

    March 2017 – Budapest (Hungary) and Lublin (Poland)

    January 2017 – Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Milwaukee, Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City (US) and Dublin (Ireland)

    November 2016 – Bartoszyce, Gdansk, Sopot and Gydnia (Poland) and Sofia (Bulgaria)

    October 2016Porto (Portugal) and Zagreb (Croatia)

    June 2016Krakow (Poland)

    May 2016 – Coast to Coast 2016 (Morecambe to Scarborough)

    March 2016 – Geneva (Switzerland)

    February 2016 – Durham (UK)

    December 2015 – Milan (Italy) and Edinburgh (UK)

    October 2015 – Chennai and Bangalore (India) and Atlanta (United States)

    September 2015 – Amsterdam (Netherlands), Dubai (UAE) and Tampa (United States)

    August 2015Baltimore and New York (United States)

    July 2015 – Austin and Las Vegas (United States) and Frankfurt (Germany)

    June 2015 – Denver (United States) and Toronto (Canada)

    May 2015 – Prague (Czech Republic), Luxembourg City (Luxembourg) and Dusseldorf (Germany)

    April 2015 – Chicago (United States) and Zurich (Switzerland)

    March 2015 – San Francisco (United States) and Friedrichshafen (Germany)

    February 2015 – Houston and Las Vegas (United States) and Darmstadt (Germany)

    January 2015 – Toulouse (France), San Diego (United States) and Montreal (Canada)

    November 2014 – Belfast (UK) and Fort Lauderdale (United States)

    October 2014 – Seattle and Washington DC (United States)

    September 2014 – Lake District (UK), Singapore (Singapore), Boston (United States) and Beijing (China)

    August 2014 – Luxembourg City (Luxembourg) and Chengdu (China)

    July 2014 – Amsterdam (Netherlands), Bergen and Stavanger (Norway) and San Diego (United States)

    June 2014 – Phoenix, Dallas and Fort Worth (United States)

    May 2014 – Sydney (Australia) and Beijing (China)

    April 2014 – Dubrovnik (Croatia), Sydney (Australia) and Shanghai (China)

    March 2014 – Hong Kong (China), Brussels (Belgium) and Moscow (Russia)

    February 2014 – Los Angeles (United States) and St. Petersburg (Russia)

    January 2014 – New York (United States)

    December 2013 – London (UK)

    November 2013 – Copenhagen (Denmark), Chennai (India) and Berlin (Germany)

    October 2013 – Rome (Italy), Baltimore (United States), Doha (Qatar) and Barcelona (Spain)

    September 2013 – Hyderabad and Mumbai (India) and Kissimmee (United States)

    August 2013 – Bangalore and New Delhi (India)

    July 2013 – Manchester (UK), Mexico City (Mexico) and Canterbury (Kent)