Author Archives: Bill

At writing a post tonight, I ended up deleting everything. It wasn’t a lot, only a couple sentences, but I really wasn’t confident about what I was writing, so it was best left unsaid – at least publicly anyway. Beyond that, there really wasn’t anything that was driving my writing tonight. Well, that’s not strictlyContinue reading “1413 – After a couple of attempts”

It’s all down to the planning. Earlier on on this blog, I had a thing where I had a rough idea of what topic I should be writing about on any particular evening, whether it be the waterfront, writing about writing, the weather the latest book that kind of thing. I lost it a whileContinue reading “1412 – writing”

As you might expect, the Hampshire Archives contains an absolute wealth of information about Gosport. I’ve asked for a quote on the reproduction of The Gosport & Alverstoke Minute Book for 1894 – 1897. I think that that time frame might cover the dispute between Gosport & Alverstoke as whether it should be Gosport &Continue reading “1411 – What was happening?”

The thing is, I’d quite like some kind of research project. I’m not sure what, but it might be something along the lines of “The politics of Gosport between 1970 and 2000”, or it might be Gosport in the 17th Century. It’s just the thought of doing a project greatly appeals to me. Which isContinue reading “1410 – Deciding – or at least trying to.”

I learned something new today, something which should have been so obvious, but had never occurred to me. The idea of postal history. Elayne’s side of the family have some very keen philatelists, very knowledgable, to the extent that they make a living out of it. Today, I was introduced to Postal History. We wentContinue reading “1409 – Saturday”

The Waverley is a paddle steamer that goes around the country giving pleasure rides. I’ve never seen her before but I did know about her. This is the first time that I have ever seen her. She looked lovely, and she was moving surprisingly quickly. I’m really sorry, but I am feeling exceptionally tired, soContinue reading “1408 – The Waverley”

It’s a bit like the shopping trolleys in the cockle ponds – why would somebody do that? A Burger King cup discarded in the hedge between Trinity Church and the Millennium sundial at the waterfront. The nearest Burger King is in Gun Wharf. If not from there, it’s either Fareham or Commercial Road in Portsmouth,Continue reading “1407 – What? Why?”

This isn’t going to be a very positive post. One thing that you can be assured of is that I do not intend to stop blogging. No, my issue is that I can see why anybody who reads this blog regularly (the are a number of people who do follow me, I really do hopeContinue reading “1406 – Thinking about the blog”

I went through a phase where I had the desire to run. I actually di couch to 5K, twice. Covid knocked it out of me, but in reality I should have kept it going. It definitely helped me lose weight. Most of which I have now put back on. Why am I telling you this?Continue reading “1405 – wild plants”

One thing that happened very quickly when the Queen died was the Portsmouth Harbour Master, which I had known as The Queens Harbour Master (QHM) immediately became KHM, The King’s Harbour Master. I subscribe to the email issued daily by The KHM, the email lists major ship movements through the harbour, in and out overContinue reading “1404 – The Ferries”