Author Archives: Bill

I think I have spent about an hour sat here looking at the screen, thinking about writing about writing. I enjoyed the time at Pagham we had a good trip especially the photo gallery at Petworth. I’d like to go to more exhibitions like that. I’d also like to go to more art exhibitions asContinue reading “768 – Writing”

Today, 22 September 2022, is the first days of autumn. Tomorrow morning at 0203 the night and the day, will be the same length, from tomorrow onwards, until the spring equinox, nights will be longer than days. Another thing that changes is the weather. Moving into Autumn means cold fresh mornings – quite nice, IContinue reading “767 – Seasons”

Conkers, it appears, are an-anti-arachnid device. Put one in each corner of the room – no spiders. It does seem to work. We’ve had no spiders in doors. Unless you don’t replace them each year. They dry out and you lose the effectiveness, over the last month or so we have had a couple ofContinue reading “766 – Conkers”

For the first time in ten days, I did my usual morning walk. I hadn’t expected a lot of change, and to be honest there hasn’t been much. The flower beds opposite the railway station have been prepared for winter, I wonder if there is anything they can put in to bring some winter colour?Continue reading “765 – A Gosport Walk”

30 January 1965 Super Car was made between 1961 & 1962. Fireball XL5 was first shown after 1962. Both of these series were (are) iconic to me, I can remember watching them as a young child. It’s worth noting that Thunderbirds wasn’t broadcast until September 1965, nine months after the header date, so what isContinue reading “764 – Queen Elizabeth & Winston Churchill”

A seaside stall selling the equipment necessary for some extensive sandcastle construction. Trouble is, the beach in the area is not sandy. Full of shingle. Now, I don’t know a lot about shingle, but with a little bit of digging (pun probably intended) I found out that there is a difference between shingle and gravel;Continue reading “763 – Proof Reading by the seaside”

No, No, not the stuff, oh dear, nor being one, just the normal garden variety that gets cut every weekend. We’ve been through a fairly long session of dry weather, not long enough to be officially be classed as a drought, but long enough to seriously parch the grass. Our lawn was looking a hayContinue reading “762 – Grass”

We went for a short, 90 minute cruise along the Chichester Ship Canal, constructed in the 1800s as a spur to the canal that ran from Portsmouth to London, to allow the transport of materials for the navy. The spur was paid for by a business man to allow him to bring merchandise to Chichester.Continue reading “761 – Interests”

I read a piece in a paper saying that people were getting upset that our members of parliament were being given priority passes that would allow them to jump the queue, along with four guests. I almost feel sorry for them, it not quite. Surely some better system could have been devised, say for exampleContinue reading “760 – Out for a walk”

Here’s a link to Lee’s wiki page; https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Lee+Miller&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari In summary, Lee Miller was found by Vogue, and became a famous model in the 1920’s It’s worth reading her full story, she had a talent for photography, and became a wartime photographer. And so to the exhibition. The exhibition was housed in Newman’s Gallery, Petworth. OnlyContinue reading “759 – Lee Miller”