Incorporating The Ranger's Blog

Roads and transport

When Sandown (briefly) became the city of the future

What have Ridley Scott’s neo-noir thriller Blade Runner and a hand-knitted tea cosy got in common? That’s right! Pedestrianisation! Watching

A recent post on Damn Interesting drew the Ranger’s attention to a tree he’d vaguely heard of, but of which

By guest contributor HM the Cat muÂ·seÂ·um feet The feeling of prostration you get having walked gently through a whole

Roadside memorials… it’s a complicated subject which causes some awkward conflicts of interest. In summary, bereaved relatives want to have

By The Hampshire Ponderer Not much of a machine by modern standards; only four Sturmey-Archer gears modestly tucked away in

Check out these great photos from one of the Ranger’s favourite reference sites: Nick’s Spiders: Nick writes: Lariniodes sclopetarius… is

The Sun today roars in defence of the beleaguered taxpayer – it seems that a Great Crested Newt relocation programme

The Weymouth & Portland, Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Tourism has an impressively long name, and the Ranger suspects from

The Ranger recently revisited Westwood Woodland Park, where his glamourous career began. It was the scene of many struggles with