Author Archives: Bill

When I was very young, my mum worked in Swanage. During the holidays I would go with her. I was pretty much left to my own devices so I would wander all over the town exploring it. Amongst my favourite places were Peveril Point, where I would watch the waves and explore the old WW2Continue reading “1064 – Lighthouses”

I think I mentioned the society a few posts ago. We were in Dorchester as I usually do, I went into every book shop I could find. This one particular shop had a pile of books that were “The Proceedings” of the society. These are published every year. I bought the 1984 proceedings. It wasContinue reading “1063 – Dorset Natural History and Archeological Society”

I intended to go to the Discovery Centre to a b it of research in to Gosport’s role in the Civil War for example, was it a strategically important place for either of the protagonists, the Parliamentarians or the Royalists? Did any significant battles or events occur in Gosport during the campaign? Well, it turnsContinue reading “1062 – Gosport in the Civil War”

When I got up first thing to make a cup of tea, I noticed Mr Squirrel having breakfast. I don’t mind that at all. It was yesterdays food, and I would rather that the squirrel have it than it go to waste. I think that the birds aren’t massively fond of peanuts as I seemContinue reading “1061 – Multi-Phased Bird Tabling”

Starting to prepare for the video about Gosport in the civil war. There were definitively activities here, particularly the bombardment of Portsmouth from the Falklands Gardens (of course, it wasn’t called the Falklands Gardens in those days). But, be under no illusions, the events recorded in Gosport were by no means a significant part ofContinue reading “1060 – Gosport”

Once again my mind is wandering through the forest of my interests and has found the dilapidated little cottage called Vlogging, and my brain is wondering what can be done to revitalise it into a viable place to visit, and I have to say not being massively successful. My thoughts are running along the linesContinue reading “1059 – Musings”

I follow a lady on You Tube by the name of Kim Grant. She is a very good photographer. She produces a video a week about her experiences whilst out photographing, mostly in Scotland where she lives. Kim covers a range of different types of photography from Landscape (although she seems to be going offContinue reading “1058 – A bit of Photography”

To walk the streets of Gosport is to walk steeped in history. Walking past the railway station, no longer in use for the railway, housing stylish flats and conference rooms for hire. This is from where Queen Victoria Queen Victoria and her Prince Albert continued their journey to their home of relaxation at Osborne HouseContinue reading “1057 – History in Gosport”

Quite a while ago, I bought 150 fat balls at a very reasonable price. The only problem is that the little darlings (I mean all of them, not just the starlings) wouldn’t touch them. Well, they would but with great reluctance. So, I thought of a wheeze which I thought would fool them, the littleContinue reading “1056 – Starlings”

The picture is of the birthday cake at the party we went to today. The cake was a Victoria sponge with icing and haribo types sweets all over it. To be honest it looked both disgusting and fascinating and an absolute sugar nightmare. I would have had a second slice if there were enough left,Continue reading “1055 – Manual v. Automatic”