Author Archives: Bill

No, this isn’t the Abbey. We had every intention of going there today, just to get out and have a look around the derelict abbey. At about the time we were ready to go, it was raining. Deciding that it was a bit of a fair weather thing to do, we decided to put itContinue reading “498 Titchfield Abbey – Not Today”

We went for a stroll today, along Gosport’s Golden Mile. This stretches from the cafeteria at the diving museum at the western end of Stokes Bay, along to the Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service (GAFIRS). It was grey and cold, with a gusting wind from the East, but no rain. For the first halfContinue reading “497 Gosport’s Golden Mile”

This monuments was erected at the 70th Anniversary of D-Day in 2014. It is at the Hardway in Gosport, commemorating the departure of some of the thousands of men to Normandy. It’s just over a mile from us, and to get to it I have to pass a number of historically very important areas inContinue reading “496 The Hardway Memorial”

Today, we celebrated a birthday by going across to Southsea. They went to the amusement arcades, I paid a visit to the D-Day Museum. I didn’t have enough time to go in to the museum, but I did have a browse of the shop. I was looking at the books. I bought a Haines ManualContinue reading “495 D-Day in Gosport”

I have written quite a few posts where I have discussed that I have an interest in history. I really would like to write something about the history of Gosport. And then you go and find a website like this; http://www.mygosport.org/gosport_history.htm Now this is an excellent site, and produces the level of detail that IContinue reading “494 Writing History”

I had this map of Gosport specially printed some months ago. It has been sat rolled up in a cardboard tube waiting for the end of Fantasy Holiday 21 and for me to make up my mind what I am going to do with it. I’ve made a decision. Today, I ordered a bunch ofContinue reading “493 Numbered Sticky Dots”

Whilst I am taking a few days holiday over the Christmas period, I am taking the opportunity to have a walk in some different areas of Gosport than where I normally walk. Today I took a walk through part of Priddys Hard. This area played an important role in the preparations and the departure ofContinue reading “492 Walking Gosport”

I was out for my afternoon walk. In a busy part of town near Aldi’s I was walking along and I saw this little beauty ahead of me. Of course, I expected it to fly away as I got nearer. It didn’t. As I came to a stop and just stood there, it was quiteContinue reading “491 Wonderful & Worrying”

I am once again stuck in the midst of a battle of wills. This is Rascal, our 18/19 year old cat. He is lovely, gentle, friendly, beautiful black cat. We absolutely love him to bits. But, he can be a persistent so-and-so. For some reason (probably my smell). Rascal has decided that my office chairContinue reading “490 Who owns the chair?”

The “Nearly There” refers to this being the 489th Post, nearly at 500. Five Hundred was a goal that I had set myself after reaching 366. Strangely, I haven’t felt the same exhilaration that was present as I approaching the end of 366. I am not saying that I am fed up with the blog,Continue reading “489 Nearly there. & What If?”