Featured Book - A Narrative of the Building and a Description of Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse with Stone - contributed by Cliff

The treacherous Eddystone Rocks are situated 14 km off Rame Head in the South West of England and have always presented a terrifying hazard to shipping entering and leaving the major harbour of Plymouth in Devon. There have been four lighthouses built on the Eddystone, the first in 1698 and the current one in 1882; but it is John Smeaton's design and the innovative construction techniques that he used to build the third lighthouse that form the basis for all modern “rock” lighthouses. Read more.

This Month - Sammy's Diary - Contributed by Sammy Vallhund

‘A Day In The Life'… no,
‘A Year In the Day'… no, not quite right,
‘A Life In the Year'… oh dear ...

Mummy says Stop Woofling and Get On With It! So here goes – ‘The Amazing, Breathtaking, Colourful…' no stoppit – ‘Some Adventures From The Diary of a Swedish Vallhund' (That's me – Sammy! And this is all about when I was a baby and first came to live with my new Mummy and Daddy…)

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