Author Archives: Bill

Don’t ask me why I took this picture of a discarded piece of plastic in some rather yucky water on the portsmouth side, but there is something about it that appeals to me. I used my bus pass today to go up to Fareham, I got off the stop closest to the Oxfam bookshop, IContinue reading “1423 – Out and about”

Elayne has a very bad cold, so we’ve had to change plans quite a bit. We were going to London tomorrow, we had a couple of nice activities planned, but they have gone away for the time being. It all depends on how things developed as to what we end up doing. WE’ll just haveContinue reading “1422 – The weekend”

I’m laying in bed pondering what to write, kind of almost a little bit of writers block, as no particular topic comes to me for this evenings post. Even the photo, which I accept is a bit non-descript doesn’t inspire me. Is there such a words as “Calendricaly”? It appears there is, it has notContinue reading “1421 – Writing”

A few posts ago I wrote that I’d had an idea for a book. I’d given up on the idea when the move to Dorset fell through because there were certain aspects of the county that were crucial to the story. The idea hasn’t gone away. Today, a book I’d ordered arrived, UFO’s over Hampshire.Continue reading “1420 – Hampshire”

A slight change of routine this morning. I needed to get a few bits and pieces from the shop after my walk – too much to carry. I drove the car to the shop car park and left it there ready for when the shop opened. I walked the length of the high street, oneContinue reading “1419 – Morning walk”

It’s not often I use the same picture twice, I try to avoid doing that, and usually if I do it’s because I’ve forgotten that I’ve used it previously. Tonights re-use though is quite deliberate. On Sunday, we visited the New Forest (as I said last night) but before we went looking for pannaging pigs,Continue reading “1418 – That Postbox”

This is a postbox in the middle of The New Forest, and is only indirectly involved in the story of today’s post in that it is within the area of interest of today’s post. More on this in a later post. The subject of which is partially about pannage; The New forest has an abundanceContinue reading “1417 – Pannage”

I do have a few people who receive notifications about new posts on my blog. To you, thank you for sticking with me. I don’t know where you are, but if you are in the USA and are affected by Hurricane Helene, I sincerely wish you safety. The header picture was taken a couple ofContinue reading “1416 – Here comes Autumn”

I’m really tired so this is going to be a very short post. It’s the alverstoke Michaelmas day, marking a particular point.

OK, I wear glasses. I had an email today inviting me to book my next routine test. That’s fine, I’ll go ahead and book. Normally, I go to one of the large chains, but… I would very much like a pair of rimless half moon reading glasses. I spend a lot of time with theContinue reading “1414 – Half Moon Glasses”