Author Archives: Bill

Sorry, I did start a post but then got distracted. So just a place-holder tonight. Sorry about that.

I have enough space on the wall in my office to put up a personalised Ordnance Survey. I have two at the moment, one for the area where I live now, and one for a part of Dorset that I do know, but want to become even more familiar with. That’s the problem; enough spaceContinue reading “1244 – Maps & Stuff”

It’s Saturday, and we didn’t really want to do very much, but we did want to get out of the house for a bit. Elayne suggested that we go to a local Cafe, Dolly’s for Breakfast which was very nice. I think the Full English is probably my favourite meal. It pretty much lasted meContinue reading “1243 – out for a walk”

I was being very lazy, just sitting here browsing through my YouTube subscriptions looking to see if I wanted to watch anything in particular, and increasingly thinking that something was missing, but not really sure what. Anyhow, I just happened to look at my watch, and seeing that it is getting very close to midnight,Continue reading “1242 – nearly missed it”

A few posts ago, I wrote about the Louisiana Purchase. The first time I came across this expression was when I was doing my Fantasy Holiday Mon Facebook in 2021. I had started it all in 2020, just before the Covid Lockdowns we were preparing to go on the trip of a life time, theContinue reading “1241 The Louisiana Purchase”

A news story this week that the troubled ferry that conveyed passengers between East and West Cowes. The current ferry installed in 2017 has, I think it fair to say, had a troubled history. I understand that for various reasons it hasn’t undertaken a significant amount of it’s scheduled journeys. The irony is that theContinue reading “1240 – The Cowes Ferry”

I was determined to get to the waterfront and shoot a bit of video. Well, I did after a fashion. Firstly, I’m not sure that the microphone is working – It wasn’t showing a flat battery, but I’m sure that it’s not right. I got to the Falklands Gardens probably around 10 past 7, thereContinue reading “1239 – Out for a walk”

We went for a short walk today. We drove down to Stokes Bay and parked up in the Pebbles car park. It was quite a blustery day, but we both had good wind proof coats on. We quite enjoyed the walk up towards the diving museum, and turned round after 20 minutes. Coming back, theContinue reading “1238 – Too much info?”

I apologise about last nights post, it was very uninspiring. Anyhow, we managed get to Romsey today. On the edge of the New Forest, I haven’t quite worked out where it sits in history. Romsey itself is mentioned in the Domesday book, so it’s been about for quite a while. The Abbey, in the pictureContinue reading “1237 – Trying Again..Romsey”

Romsey could well be worth a visit. A market town since the 11th century. It seems there is a lot of history in the town. It’s a place that Elayne wants to visit, as do I. There isn’t much else that I can say at the moment. Sorry this is a short post, just don’tContinue reading “1236 – Romsey”