Uncategorized Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/category/uncategorized/ Mechanically-minded travel Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:21:30 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 If we are past the winter solstice, why is sunrise getting later? https://mechtraveller.com/2025/12/if-we-are-past-the-winter-solstice-why-is-sunrise-getting-later/ https://mechtraveller.com/2025/12/if-we-are-past-the-winter-solstice-why-is-sunrise-getting-later/#respond Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:47:48 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=12572 Ok, I’m sure this has been troubling you, as it has me. I had an alarm set on my phone to mark the winter solstice (3.03pm Sun 21st Dec). Ok, it’s a little geeky, but it meant that when the moment came I could rejoice in the idea that we were heading back to the […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2025/12/if-we-are-past-the-winter-solstice-why-is-sunrise-getting-later/feed/ 0 Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson’s intimate letters on display for first time https://mechtraveller.com/2022/10/vice-admiral-lord-nelsons-intimate-letters-on-display-for-first-time/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/10/vice-admiral-lord-nelsons-intimate-letters-on-display-for-first-time/#respond Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:01:03 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=8152 It’s Trafalgar Day tomorrow (21 Oct) and the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) is revealing some of Lord Nelson’s letters in a temporary exhibition that will run till 16 April 2023. ‘Nelson In His Own Words: Treasures from the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation’ features rare & intimate letters and documents penned by Vice-Admiral Lord […]

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