Author Archives: Bill

I managed to stir myself today, for the mornings walk. It wasn’t that difficult really, I felt guilty enough for having missed yesterday. Particularly frustrating as if I had done it then today, I would have walked my 1,000th recorded mile this year. As it happens, that will now be sometime around 0615ish, when IContinue reading “407 The Weather”

Rowner church is No. 9 in my Gosport Project list, but because it’s one of the places I had never visited before. A combination of RAYNET and holiday events would trigger the gap between my first visit and what I want to do which is to make a brief video about the church. I wouldContinue reading “406 Back to the project”

The Admiral of the Fleet, The Lord Fieldhouse, Baron of Gosport died at the of 64, after picking up a post-operative infection. Sad that this man who achieved so much should die at such a young age. You’ll note that I said in the lead para that he was Baron of Gosport, not mentioned onContinue reading “405 The Baron”

I miscalculated little bit. It was cooler than I thought it would be for this morunning’s walk. I suppose I could have turned back and picked up my coat, but it wasn’t really that bad so I decided not to. It was OK, but I will pay a bit more attention before I go outContinue reading “404 Back to Normal”

The Butser Hill Challenge was the first I attended as a member of RAYNET in 2016. I’d wanted to go up the hill from the first time I’d seen it. Covering this event with RAYNET means that for the last four years, I’ve spent a couple of hours pretty much at the top of theContinue reading “403 The Butser Hill Challenge”

With astronomical Autumn only a few days away, there are signs in the garden that the growing season is coming to a close for some flowers at least. Our wild patch which didn’t start off particularly well, probably because the birds kept eating the seeds boomed in to life and was a great attractor forContinue reading “402 I am not a gardener”

No, this is only the site of the palace. I’ve been wanting to visit here ever since I heard of it. I have to admit I had no idea how big it was. To visit the site is to be exposed to the artefacts and building skills of 2000 years ago, and to begin toContinue reading “401 Fishbourne Roman Palace”

We had a couple of lovely walks today. We went for breakfast in a local cafe, which was nice and then went for a walk around the lagoon. I don’t know how long the lagoon has been there, but from the way the harbour has silted up, it’s been quite a while. Anyhow, it makesContinue reading “400 Morning or Hello”

As is mostly normally the case, the picture has no relation to the subject of today’s post. This is a picture of the river at Littlehampton, which it turns out is actually, quite a nice place. I had quite a conversation yesterday with my Father-in-Law, about a love of his life, which it’s probably notContinue reading “399 The Internet & Hobbies”

This is Thomas A Becket Church in Pagham. Totally unrelated to today’s post, but I think quite a nice picture nonetheless. Ah yes, 2nd hand bookshops. Now sadly, I don’t really class charity shops to be any good in this field, unless they are dedicated. Oxfam seems to be quite good at this, they haveContinue reading “398 2nd Hand Book shops”