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Sites of the Month for 2011
Site of the Month January 2011
I have chosen a site that is part of the Network sites operated by the
Discovery Channel. As its name suggests
it has a Green Agenda, but covers many areas
of interest, including Cars & Transport, Natural World, Science & Technology,
to the Politics with excellent Articles, Photo Slideshows and Videos.
Site of the Month for February 2011
This month I have chosen the site of a charity dedicated to the preservation of British Woodland heritage:
Founded in 1972 by the late Kenneth Watkins OBE (6 December 1909 - 13 November 1996). The Trust looks after more than 1,100 woods and groups of woods currently covering 190 square kilometres (73 sq mi). Nearly 350 of its sites contain ancient woodland of which 70 per cent is semi-natural ancient woodland - land which has been under tree cover since at least 1600. It also manages over 110 Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
The trust has also created new woodlands: which currently cover over 32 km2 (12 sq mi), including 250 new community woods in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Its largest current projects include the 41.7 km2 (16.1 sq mi) Glen Finglas Estate in the Trossachs and the Heartwood Forest near St Albans, Hertfordshire, which will cover approximately 347 ha (860 acres). For more information see the Wikipedia Entry: Woodland Trust
Site of the Month for March 2011
This month I have decided to pick a Charity that covers Domestic Pets from the small to the large:
This Charity not only provide Animal Adoption Services, but also provides Veterinary Services for a limited number of needy owners (disabled, or unemployed, or similar benefits) who are unable to pay for life-saving Treatment for their Pets - Sadly these Services are currently only there are 4 Centres, three in London and one in Grimsby. In addition it offers Pet Care and Pet Training Advice Leaflets.
Site of the Month for April 2011
April and therefore the month in which the Farnham Beerex is held. It is therefore appropriate that I have chosen:
The Millis Brewing Company Ltd
Brewers of: Dartford Wobbler (a DIH Favourite), Kentish Best, Kentish Red, Kentish Dark (Dark Mild) and Gravesend Guzzler (Light Mild).
Site of the Month for May 2011
May, and my thoughts are turning to planning short breaks and perhaps longer holidays. Coincidently a friend of mine has launched her new Website which invites you to share her Travel Adventures. So if your looking for new travel ideas, or a different perspective on your favourite destinations take a tour around:
Site of the Month for June 2011
Now that the UK May Bank Holidays are over, it is perhaps time to plan of short weekend breaks and day trips. Thinking about this has is resulted in the choice of a site that too my surpise I had not selected before:
Bletchley Park is an estate located in the town of Bletchley, in Buckinghamshire. During World War II, Bletchley Park was the site of the United Kingdom's main decryption establishment, the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) where ciphers and codes of several Axis countries were decrypted, most importantly the ciphers generated by the German Enigma and Lorenz machines It also housed Station X, a secret radio intercept station.
It is now home a museum covering its wartime role featuring the the machines/computers that made the code breaking possible such as a working Bombe and working Colossus but also the machines that the Germans used to encrypt messages, Enigma (including a U-110 Enigma exhibit ) opened May 2011 and Lorenz (which the British Code Breakers re-engineered the machine and called it Tunny - Museum Staff have recreated the Tunny ) and National Codes Centre
It is also the site of the
National Museum of Computing
(which was Site of the Month back in October 2008)
PLUS:
The Churchill collection, Bletchley Park Post Office,
Bletchley Park Garage, Diplomatic Wireless Service,
Home Front Display, Oxf. & Bucks L.I. at Pegasus Bridge
(D-Day, June 6th 1944), 65th Nachrichten Abteilung (German Signals Group),
Pigeons at War, The American Garden Trail,
Projected Picture Trust, The Toys and Memorabilia Collection,
The American Garden Trail, Model Railway,
Maritime Display and that lifesaver for parents Childrens Corner