The fourth Friday of the Month means a Gosport Shed Breakfast. For £8, I get a nice Full English, toast and 2 cups of tea. Once everybody has finished, there’s usually a speaker who will give a 5-10 minute talk. Usually, if it is a member of the club, the talk will be about some aspect of their life.
Today, for example, the talk was by a member of the Shed, Dave. He talked about his time as an apprentice in the motor industry and told us about a couple of funny incidents, being sent to stores for a long weight is always a good one, and how he learned to do a handbrake turn in an automatic whilst he was extending his learning on a visit to Detroit. Very entertaining.
After breakfast, I had a choice as to what to do. It was a lovely day, so a walk seemed appropriate. I headed for the Cockle Ponds.
Because the sun was out, I knew that the bottom of the pond would be visible, and therefore everything in between. What I was really looking for were the Jellyfish, to see how they were growing, and if there was anything else there.
The model yachters were out in a bit of force, at least 12 of them. When they race, they have an audio countdown of a minute to the start of each race, with a final 10-second countdown. The racers always impress me. They have to get lined up, as close as they can to an imaginary start line. It was quite a gusty day, so you can imagine trying to get a model Laser Class to the start line and keeping it there.
The Jellyfish were not out in force. Very few, from about a centimetre up to, I think I saw one that was between two to three inches across.
Some were almost motionless, whilst others seemed to be on a mission. Fascinating to watch.
I moved on to the waterfront. Not much happening in the water, some small craft, and the Gosport Ferry was about it. The People’s Park was a slightly different story.
Not many people were working, and for once, the header picture is related to this; one chap was working on what I am fairly confident will be the bandstand, getting the surface he was working on flat and level, and it certainly looked like he was doing a good job.
I walked up the high street, and people seemed to be out enjoying the sun. I bought some Coconut Mushrooms in the sweet shop. I hope the story that the shopkeeper told me about the factory that produces coconut mushrooms is not correct. He said that the factory was closing down, and once it was done, one of my all-time favourite sweets will disappear forever from the jars on the shelves of sweetshops. In fact, stand by – I’m just going to Google that to see what I can find out.
Sadly, yes, it is correct. I am devastated, these have been a staple of my sweet selection all my life. There is only one factory that produces them, and apparently, due to rising costs and changing tastes, the factory is closing. Very, very sad about that.
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