Author Archives: Bill

I read the article in Dorset Life about Wareham. It was of course very interesting and I knew some of it (Saxon town, major port before Poole, sacked by the Dane’s, besieged, extensively destroyed by fire), interesting key points in the towns history. But there is so much more detail to be disc overed. TheContinue reading “987 – Wareham”

The latest edition of Dorset Life has arrived. I will take a few days away from my book to read. I’m particularly interested in an article on Wareham. I always look forward to receiving the latest edition. The first thing I look at is the map of Dorset on the first page. This shows theContinue reading “986 – Sunday & the coming week”

The picture has nothing to do with the coronation. We didn’t go to London, we did spend most of the day in front of the TV, eating some of the things that we shouldn’t. Well, we don’t do it often. As usual, the ceremony was superbly conducted. Of course not everything went according to plan.Continue reading “985 – Coronation day”

The ship in the picture is The Greg Mortimer. Named after the founder of the company that owns her, Aurora. Not a big vessel, 1400 tons, and carries only 100 passengers. The thing about her is that she was designed for excursions to the poles. It’s always a pleasure to witness the arrival of aContinue reading “984 – Friday”

There is a lot going on with the cross streets. The have taken up the block paving and opened up the substructure. There were a lot of pipes which in turn were full of cables. I don’t really know what they are doing but it looks like they are building a base that will beContinue reading “983 – The High Street”

The thing about my writing is that I’m not very good at writing expressively. Putting emotion into my writing. I find that very frustrating. I’ve moved on from Lock’s Dorset to Treve’s The Highways and Byways of Dorset Originally published in 1906, I have a 1980’s re-print. Even within the first chapter, the first page,Continue reading “982 – Portsmouth Harbour”

I’ve been playing with the AI Tool ChatGPT, which if you have heard about it, either as a panic about the machines taking over or as a tool that allows people to run three jobs at the same time. Anyhow, I thought let’s have a go. So I asked it to look at and commentContinue reading “981 – AI (ChatGPT) & my blog”

For a book that was an accidental pick-up at Kim’s in Chichester, Dorset by H.O.Lock has been an absolutely delightful read. With a tinge of regret, I finished it this morning. I don’t know very much about Mr. Lock. He served as a Major in the British army, he wrote a number of books andContinue reading “980 – Dorset by H.O.Lock”

It was getting fairly late in the evening, and I was getting a bit panicky, because I couldn’t think of what to write for tonight’s blog. I hate that, not having even the ghost of an idea what to write about. But then, I suddenly had a thought; what have I learned this week fromContinue reading “979 – Sunday”

I think for Gosport this is probably one of my favourite walks; from home along stoke road, westbound to the white hart. Cut across to join the disused railway track now excellent footpath & cycle way all the way down to The crescent, the remaining symbol of a bygone extravaganza then across to GAFIRS, Fareham’sContinue reading “978 – out for a walk”