Author Archives: Bill

I do like to keep an eye on the high street. I’m very concerned for its health, which really doesn’t seem very good. There are many closed shopping units, the market is really not very good. I don’t know what the footfall is like both at market time and in general. I went in toContinue reading “1553 – The High Street”

It’s the Whitonia – another of the bunkering ships. Haven’t seen her for a while. Don’t worry I’m not thinking of leaving Locality Stories, it’s only for this post. I took a day off work today. Yes, because it’s Valentines Day, we didn’t do anything special, just had a bit of time together, and ofContinue reading “1552 – Facebook or…Blog?”

I passed my Amateur Radio Foundation Licence in 2016. That immediately gave me access to a number of facilities available to “Radio Hams” or just Hams. I bought a walky talky, actually a Baofeng – a Chinese built radio, for those “not in the know” these radios look more expensive than they really are, I’veContinue reading “1551 – The Breakfast Club”

Last night I finished Queen Elizabeths bedfellows. Naturally, the final moments of the book were around her death in 1603, and what happened. The description of the events were a tad off-putting, but are a matter of record, very detailed record. I should now be moving on to King James (VI of Scotland, I ofContinue reading “1550 – Books”

This is a photo that I wanted to put into the next competition as a print. Looking at the photo, I think it’s quite a good portrait, but my eyes are immediately drawn to the person in the red coat to the left of the Samba Leader. What I spent an hour trying to doContinue reading “1549 – Photoshop Frustration”

It’s not very often I mention work in my blogs, but I’m going to today, but only in the context that I do work. My job is mostly a 9-5 thing, with extensions beyond that when needed, and extensions into the weekend on very extreme cases. Why am I telliing you this? Well, it’s partlyContinue reading “1548 – Visiting Historic Spots”

I’m only a few pages away from finishing the Queen Elizabeth I book that I’m reading. I’m about to encounter the Stewarts, and am wondering which would be the best book to read.. There’s one that sounds quite interesting, All His Spies: The secret world of Robert Cecil – perhaps the 16th Century ‘M’ TheContinue reading “1547 – Book Dilemmas”

I should have gone for a walk this morning. There’s no particular reason as to why I didn’t, just being lazy I guess. The previous four mornings were fine, almost fun in some respects. I had done face book posts as well. The facebook posts can be a bit more personal than here. I’ve beenContinue reading “1546 – The Week”

If the book is correct, the last time I sat as controller on the net was 30 Nov 25, well I did it again tonight. Dave wasn’t able to do the net, and I couldn’t stop myself from offering. My thought was that if Dave couldn’t do it and nobody else offered (and I’m sureContinue reading “1545 – Thursday Night Net”

I have been chomping at the bit to go to a full council meeting since the last one. I must admit that after tea it was later than I wanted so I had to rush to the council offices, which luckily are only about 12 minutes away. I did a little bit of preparation, downloadingContinue reading “1544 – The Council”