Author Archives: Bill

The plan then is to get to 1000 posts. Let’s just see how things go. Yesterday was the day of over-indulgence that it should have been. I hope that it went as well for you, as it did for us. We had a bit of a problem with the bread machine, which two goes toContinue reading “501 – Here we Go”

Christmas Day 2021 is coming to an end. We have had a lovely day, and were very fortunate to be able to get together with family. I sincerely hope that you have had a lovely day, and that the coming year is good for you.

Wishing all of you a very Merry Christmas, have a good day tomorrow. We certainly intend to try. We’ve just done a LFT that both came back a strong negative. Which is good, as I’ve had a fairly persistent headache for a fair portion of the day. I have to confess, I am a littleContinue reading “499 – Merry Christmas”

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”