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Hampstead Theatre, London, November 2023

Saturday, 25th November 2023

View towards the stage in the Hampstead Theatre, Swiss Cottage, north London. The stage is made-up as an authentic-looking large living room. This is the set for To Have and To Hold, a play about a nonagenarian couple living at a retirement village in Yorkshire.
View towards the stage in the Hampstead Theatre, Swiss Cottage, north London. The stage is made-up as an authentic-looking large living room. This is the set for To Have and To Hold, a play about a nonagenarian couple living at a retirement village in Yorkshire.
Tony sat in an old-fashioned looking armchair, part of the stage set for To Have and To Hold, at the Hampstead Theatre. Various domestic items can be seen including framed family photos, a large buttoned telephone, a fly swatter and a waste paper basket.
Tony sat in an old-fashioned looking armchair, part of the stage set for To Have and To Hold,

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Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, November 2023

Gran Canaria is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago of seven main islands and lots of smaller ones located off the Atlantic coast of north-west Africa. The Canary Islands are an autonomous community of Spain. As of 2019 Gran Canaria had a population of 851,231 which comprised 40% of the population of the archipelago. The island has an area of 602 square miles (1,350 sq km).

Wednesday,

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Cusco and the Inca Trail, Peru, October 2023

Archaeological sites near Cusco

Monday, 16th October 2023

Tony stood in the ruins of Tambomachay fortress, an Inca archaeological site near Cusco. In the background are terraces ascending up a slope. The terraces are supported by distinctive Inca stone walls: the stones used to build the walls are often irregularly shaped but have been cut to fit very tightly with the adjoining stones without mortar. To the left, water can be seen flowing down these terraces through small stone-cut channels.
Tony stood in the ruins of Tambomachay fortress, an Inca archaeological site near Cusco. In the background are terraces ascending up a slope. The terraces are supported by distinctive Inca stone walls: the stones used to build the walls are often irregularly shaped but have been cut to fit very tightly with the adjoining stones without mortar.

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Aerospace Bristol, near Bristol, England, June 2023

Aerospace Bristol is an aerospace museum located at Filton, to the north of Bristol, England. The museum opened in October 2017 and is run by the Bristol Aero Collection Trust. It is situated on Filton Airfield and many of the exhibits are housed in a First World War Grade II listed hangar. There is a varied collection of exhibits, including Concorde Alpha Foxtrot, the final Concorde to be built and the last to fly.

Saturday,

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RAF Museum and Royal Engineers Museum, England, April 2023

RAF Museum, London

Thursday, 27th April 2023

The Royal Air Force Museum London is located on the former Hendon Aerodrome in the north London Borough of Barnet. It includes six hangars containing over 100 aircraft covering the history of aviation and the Royal Air Force.

Tony looking up at a World War I RAF De Havalin Biplane. The plane is suspended from the ceiling of Hanger 1 at the RAF Museum in London. It had a crew of two and first came into service in 1918. This particular plane was captured by the Germans in October 1918 after being forced down during a bombing raid over Germany. It then ended up in a museum in Germany, before being captured by Soviet forces during World War Two. In the 1960s it turned up at an air museum in Krakow, Poland. The RAF Museum was then able to get it back by exchanging it for a Spitfire. An interesting journey!
Tony looking up at a World War I RAF De Havalin Biplane. The plane is suspended from the ceiling of Hanger 1 at the RAF Museum in London.

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