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Alan Newman

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Retired university professor.

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The Zenobia wreck dive.

Larnaca, Cyprus

The Zenobia Shipwreck

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

Burry Port plaque

Llanelli, Wales

The Great Welsh Amelia Earhart Controversy

Where, exactly, the great aviator completed her transatlantic flight has caused some trouble in Wales.

Mycenae

Argolis, Greece

Mycenae

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

Tapestry reproduction and restored fireplace.

Tattershall, England

Fireplaces of Tattershall Castle

The near loss of the stately fireplaces at this medieval castle spawned some of Britain's most crucial historic preservation laws.

Vintage Rolls,  but why is it in a temple?

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Gangaramaya Vihara Temple

Why is there a vintage Rolls Royce in this Buddhist temple?

The stainless steel statue is in the middle of the roundabout, in the middle of Brownhills

Brownhills, England

"Jigger" the Brownhills Miner

A giant gleaming memorial named for a coal miner who gave his life to the pits.

Newcastle upon Tyne Central railway station

Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Newcastle upon Tyne Central railway station

The highlandman's umbrella.

Glasgow, Scotland

The Highlandman's Umbrella

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

The SS Great Eastern Launch Site

London, England

The SS Great Eastern Launch Site

Stoney Cove at the UK National Dive Centre

Stoney Stanton, England

Stoney Cove at the UK National Dive Centre

The site of the most dived wreck in the UK.

Museum Garage

Epworth, England

Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum

The world's largest collection of preserved trolleybuses.

There are 4 miles of winding paths throughout the sculpture

Cramlington, England

Northumberlandia: Lady of the North

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

Glasgow Tramcar approaching Victoria Park

Town End, England

Crich Tramway Village

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

John Harrison's H1 marine timepiece

London, England

John Harrison's Marine Chronometers

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

Track layout in Whitwell Wood

England

Whitwell Wood

Image shows spillway which is a later addition to the dam

Tibi, Spain

Tibi Dam (Pantano de Tibi)

Possibly the oldest masonry dam in all of Europe.

The Czar's Engine, destined for Russia but 1917 events diverted it to Renishaw to drive a sawmill

Sheffield, England

Renishaw Hall

This lovely ancestral home inspired the author D.H. Lawrence, and features a tunnel made out of a living willow.

The Coventry Elephant

Coventry, England

The Coventry Elephant

Visitors centre

Enniskillen, Northern Ireland

Marble Arch Caves

Looking out towards the entrance

England

Giants Hole

St Michael's Mount

Marazion, England

St Michael's Mount

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

The Island, Newquay

Newquay, England

The Island, Newquay

Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.

Cat Statues of York

York, England

Cat Statues of York

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

Whitby Abbey

Whitby, England

Ruins of Whitby Abbey

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

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