Author Archives: Bill

We were sat at a table when this little beaut decided to join us. Quite unconcerned by us. It sat there clearly waiting for us to provide it with some food. I most certainly have obliged if I had been able to, sadly I couldn’t. I think it got annoyed after about 5 minutes andContinue reading “438 My Starlings and Other Birds”

Have a look at these; https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kevin%27s+rambles Kevins Rambles is very close to what I was thinking that I wanted to do. Also, he is getting about a fair bit – at least one of his videos is within a very few miles of me. Now, for some reason, I find his videos difficult to watch.Continue reading “437 Oh Dear!”

I like to do a walk at lunchtime. If I am able to do a couple of miles I am happy. That gives me roughly 5 miles a day providing I can do both the morning and the lunchtime walk. If I am able to get out at the weekend as well, that is allContinue reading “436 Lunchtime Walks”

For three mornings this week, the temperature for my morning walk has been in the mid-teens., although the threat of rain was there. This morning, it was noticeably colder, and quite windy. It was a nice change to have a prominent moon, in fact, it was very bright. Strangely, I think that one of theContinue reading “435 Bright Moon”

I acknowledge slightly blurred, but this is microseconds after the Red Arrows went “Smoke-On” for their display over HMS Prince of Wales in Portsmouth Harbour. The Display was to mark a political event on board the carrier; The Pacific Future Forum. The display was held under a low cloud base, 1200 feet. The Red ArrowsContinue reading “434 Smoke-On.”

I really enjoy my morning walks, honestly I do. What I don’t enjoy so much is getting up. This morning was a good example of this. Bed was really, seriously comfortable. I woke up at around 0500 with a cat trying to sit on my chest, I turfed him off by turning over, and promptlyContinue reading “433 Walking”

When a meteor hits the atmosphere, it does so at typically speeds of 70 miles per second. While not relativistic (that is, comparable to the speed of light – 186,280 mps-ish) it is still pretty fast. When this happens a lot of heat is generated. The object will typically be metallic. It’ll melt the rock,Continue reading “432 Micrometeorites”

I think that the urge to write is as strong today, as it was when I started the 366 project, and here we are two months beyond the conclusion of that project, and one thing I was quite clear about was my desire to continue to write after its conclusion. I’ve done that through thisContinue reading “431 Writing”

Heavy clouds to the south, clouds but lighter to the north. It rained briefly, although stopped further water from the sky is promised. We’ve just had breakfast, and now we are deciding what to do. I was worried that there were no birds, but all of a sudden there was a flurry of activity onContinue reading “430 Saturday Morning”

A ship carrying refrigerated containers is called a Reefer. Such a ship is the Duncan Island, at about 180m in length not a huge container ship, but one which was an appropriate size for coming in to the harbour. The tide was well up, with the high level literally only a few minutes away. TheContinue reading “429 The Duncan Island”