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These guys are swimming around in the Thames! Conservationists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) have created the Thames Marine Mammal Code of Conduct in time for the peak summer season to improve awareness general well-being, and protection of the river’s flippered residents launched on the 3 July 2014 A harbour seal, chillin' if you see me tweet #inthethames The code provides practical tips on what to do if a seal or porpoise is spotted in the water or on land, helping members of the public, recreational boat users and commercial users of the Thames make the most of their wildlife encounters without disturbing any marine mammals. Maybe little known the Thames Estuary is home to more than 650 harbour seals and 200 grey seals. Seals spend some of their time hauled out on sand banks or mudflats where they breed, moult their fur coats, and rest and it's then that are often spotted by the public. But these marine mammals are being...

So lifelike and blink and you might miss it! Complete with bus numbers and all the normal details of any other bus stop the creative people at Lego have arrived to the streets of London. It's only here a limited time, but if you're popping to Hamleys, its a treat to see as you walk down toward Piccadilly. The PR says with Lego's you can truly build anything- seems like she's quite right. To  cele brate Transport fo r London’s (TfL’s) ‘Year of the Bus’, LEGO  has recreated a full size bus-shelter and bus stop out of LEGO bricks.  Passengers are advised not to start counting as they might miss their bus, more than 100,000 LEGO bricks were used in this build. Bus Stop Vital Statistics -          It is built with around 100,000 LEGO Bricks -          It has been created by the UK’s only Certified LEGO Professional, Duncan Titmarsh -    ...

Flower lady 'Global Party'   or the Global Charity Trust have created #TheMovement. They've been getting themselves ready to launch their 3rd massive global party that happens on the same day all over the world, in 50 different countries all on the same night in September 2014. All taking place at some of the most luxurious hotels, bars, restaurants, art galleries and nightclubs. Lion Flags Flanked our way into the Zoo Essentially a philathropic night, the Global Charity Trust raised £500,000 in the first year of partying, with their sole mission to connect registered charities together and create world-wide brand awareness. Lord Stanley Fink presided over events and educated us wine drinkers at the PR event held in London Zoo this May, here they were raising awareness and funds too to help endangered Lions, which was the big profile at the Zoo on this evening. Lord Stanley Fink educating us on The Movement A luxury item in a shop for examp...

Today the Natural History Museum (NHM) exhibits the actual remains of a Mammoth, a baby Mammoth named Lyuba (pronounced Loo-ba, meaning Love). Perfectly preserved due to the bacteria surrounding her after she accidentally choked to death, she was found by herders in 2007. She's  been compared to the size of a 'large dog', and now hovers in a glass dark box in the middle of the NHM's new exhibition 'Mammoths, Ice Age Giants' . Emotive eyes As it's so well preserved scientists are still learning about it everyday; DNA samples have been removed and examined, what they know already is she died with some of her mothers milk still in her tummy. It doesn't get more personal than that, does it? I have to say as it's a rolling exhibit and Lyuba belongs to The Yamal-Nenents Regional Museum- Siberia, near where she was found; to see her in the 'flesh' as it were is truly a once in a lifetime thing. Personally I feel it is pretty impress...

This week is the RHS Chelsea Flower show , world reknown and highly prestigious, I got to talk to one of the new comers Matthew Childs , who did a garden for Brewin Dolphin - an investment managing firm. He's just won the Silver Gilt and had a visit too from Benedict Cumberbatch! The Silver Gilt award winning Garden of Possibility Matthew Childs Matthew has already won awards on RHS Hampton and is quite a distinguished horticulturalist, but his story is unique in that he started his career in Advertising.  Life changing events befell him in the attacks on London on 7/7 and he reassessed his life and decided to develop his horticultural dreams, and it clearly seems to be the path he was destined for.   Childs was challenged to express Brewin Dolphin’s values through the design of the garden and so is designed around the theme of nurturing and preserving wealth.  Of his design he says; “The most effective gardens tell a story. Life is a roller ...

Houses of Parliament at Sunset Apologies for not posting for a while, things got hectic, went to California for a wee while popped back and then the sun came out! Hip, hip hooray. London in the sun is the most wonderful place to be, honestly. I've lived many other places, and even though this is my hometown, it's still full of vibrancy and a sense of fun when it's sunny and warm. Except if you're on the tube maybe ;) Still,  here's my top tips at enjoying the parks now that the tree pollen is going down, stock up on your hayfever tablets and get out to enjoy, if only for lunch time. GOLDERS HILL PARK- N London It may surprise you that there are Lemur's in Golders Hill Park, they cost nothing to go see, and their faces are full of exactly the character depicted from a Disney movie, seriously, they are as curious about you as you are about them, so after a tough day at work, do head to them to remind yourself how big the world is, and how mu...