Author Archives: Bill

OK, I know the header picture isn’t a sparrow. It’s the same starling that visited us when we were sat at Pebbles. It was so close to us, and completely untroubled. Lovely. We have plenty of food in the garden, I know this because there is food left at the end of the day. ItContinue reading “441 Sparrows”

This is the Bell Tower of Trinity Church in Gosport. Trinity Church has an organ that was played by Handel, in 1747, the church bought the organ for £300, as best as I can make it that’s not far short of £50,000 in todays money. This brief snippet is totally unrelated to the rest ofContinue reading “440 – I’ve got a Secret…”

In the days of film (yes, I know you can still shoot film, but unless you are a really serious devotee, why would you?) one of the biggest disappointments was getting your pictures or slides back and the image you really wanted is, for whatever reason blurred and in your eyes wasted and unusable. ItContinue reading “439 In Camera Movement”

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”