Author Archives: Bill

On my lunchtime walk today, as I walked to the waterfront I saw a chap whom I’ve seen before. He puts a lot of food down, and gets absolutely hoards of birds, mostly pigeons and starlings. But that is fine. It’s the trust that the birds display in him that is (apart from the food)Continue reading “488 Feeding the Birds”

Having had breakfast, I had a couple of things to do on the computer. Of course I got on with what I had to do, but had a YouTube video or two on the go in the background. When I’d finished doing what I’d needed, I was stuck there watching videos for probably another 30Continue reading “487 Lethargic Sunday”

Taken on one of my morning walks, this is one of those occasions where the header picture relates to the details the post of the day. I’ve had a fairly long, but extremely pleasant day, so I will apologise in advance should this post turn out to be a bit short. As the title says,Continue reading “486 Gosport High Street at 6AM. (Ish).”

In 2019 I wrote about RAYNET, the Radio Amateurs Emergency Network, it was before the era of the 366. I didn’t go for a walk this morning, I overslept. I was trawling through my pictures looking for one that I could use for tonight’s post. One of the events that the South East Hampshire GroupContinue reading “485 A Close Encounter of the Cow Kind”

Gosport Station was opened in 1841, and the last train before closure left in 1969. During the illustrious period of it’s life Queen Victoria’s husband Prince Albert saw an extension of the line from the station punching a hole through the defensive ramparts of the town, to take the track across to Clarence Yard, forContinue reading “484 Gosport History”

Once again, the header picture is nothing to do with the topic. I took this one this morning, and I just happen to like the subdued colours. The main topic tonight is my dilemma and frustration. I found out about two books, and have now bought them and they arrived today. They are; And; WhichContinue reading “483 Books”

I know, the picture is nothing at all to do with the waterfront, with the exception that I took it on the way to it. I promised myself that I would take a photo of something that I wouldn’t normally grab. I find myself strangely drawn to it, perhaps its the detail in the basket?Continue reading “482 The Waterfront”

When I was into photography during the “wet” era there were two main constraints, being limited to 36 pictures per roll, and the cost of processing and printing. Naturally, with digital, both if these are no longer issues. That doesn’t mean though, that your photographs aren’t boring. But is it reasonable to say; my boringContinue reading “481 Boring photography”

Gosport isn’t like Swanage. Yes, they are both by the sea, but unlike Swanage (and yes, I am about to stereotype, so if I’m wrong I am more than happy to be corrected) Gosport’s reason to exist isn’t Tourism. Yes, it does have its touristy bits, and they are very good, and actually worth visitingContinue reading “480 A seaside town in winter”

Out for a fairly short walk today, that took in the waterfront. There was a small group of starlings putting on a a bit of a show. I wanted to try and get a mini murmuration, but they were too fast. Still I managed to get this one mid-flap. They are always a delight toContinue reading “479 Birds”