Author Archives: Bill

I’ve written several times since I started this blog, about my little project I call “Locality”. What it does is bring various hobbies and interests of mine together to be be applied to a study of the local area, hence Locality. If there is one thing that Locality is about it is landscapes, not justContinue reading “1503 – Locality Landscapes”

I’ve just looked back at what I wrote for Christmas 2023. The joy of this year is the addition of our GrandDaughter. Elayne once again produced a delicious meal, and we are mostly tidied after a bit of a chaotic day, which I have to say was enjoyed by all. I hope you had aContinue reading “1502 – Merry Christmas”

So, it has happened again. On the book front. I ordered a book; The making of the English Landscape by WG Hoskins, it arrived earlier than Amazon was saying it would, I wouldn’t complain about that. We were sat at the breakfast table when I opened the package, it was a hazard back version ofContinue reading “1501 – Landscapes”

I post 1488 I wrote the actions of the current and previous councils. I got somethings wrong, and so it’s good to do a little fact checking. I had said that the previous council had turned off CCTV in the town. This is incorrect. They had removed monitoring by people. Recordings continued, so could beContinue reading “1500 – Incorrect, and other matters”

We went for a family visit today. On a bit of a random basis we went for a pub lunch, a pub called The Silent Woman. We had the Sunday Roast, Elayne and Meg had the Roast Beef, I had the Pork. I’m quite happy to say that it was one of the best pubContinue reading “1499 – Sunday”

I buy too many books. I buy more books than I can read, because I start reading a book, and whilst I read it, I happen to look at something on the net and a book recommendation pops up. I look at it and think “that looks like a book I’d like to read” andContinue reading “1498 – Books”

I want to explore what I am going to call the Gosport Peninsula. I’m sure that isn’t the correct name for this area of land, but it serves my purpose, so it will do for now. I was writing something elsewhere, and I wrote that I thought this area was boring from a geographical pointContinue reading “1497 – Landscapes”

Social media is a magic tool for keeping friends and family informed, and I love it for that. It can also be a monumental time waster. How many times have you been scrolling through any one of the various apps, only to find that an hour, or possibly even two have gone? Don’t get meContinue reading “1496 – Learning”

On the 23rd of March, 23 We let Rascal go. You’d think that after not far short of two years, I’d be able to write about him without tearing up. What sparked this off today was news about another loved cat who has left us – not ours, my sisters – Clover. Who are theseContinue reading “1495 – For the love of Cats”

The last evening if the year, and it’s party night. But that doesn’t mean going wild. Some pleasant company, not really talking photography. We have some ding-bats to solve, of which I managed to get a few, usually I’m rubbish at those. We did have some “What is it” photos to look at, taken byContinue reading “1494 – Camera Club Night”