Category Archives: personal blog

Just ten days short of two and a half years ago is how long since I started numbering this blog. I suppose to be strictly honest there will be a couple of days when things went a bit astray, but I think for the most part I have gone with the schedule. I reckon ifContinue reading “900 – Two Years, 170 Days”

I think it was just before Christmas we bought a ninja foodie. We haven’t been using it much. The odd batch of chips here and there. Why bother? I’ve been thinking about it, so tonight I did some pork steaks, with a breadcrumb coating, and actually, they came out not too bad, even if IContinue reading “899 – I follow a recipe”

Whilst the moon itself is not very well exposed I wasnt expecting this picture. There’s something almost mystical about it. I caught it on this morning walk as I was walking down the High Street. This mornings chorus was particularly tuneful as I was walking along Mumby Road. I didn’t use the app I haveContinue reading “898 – The Moon”

Yesterday wasn’t a lazy day. I thoroughly enjoyed the trip to London, and would happily do another. There are a number of places in the city that I have never been to, one example of which is The Imperial War Museum. Although I saw the Cutty Sark, I didn’t go on board, that remains toContinue reading “897 – A Lazy Day”

A few weeks ago, Elayne had a day booked in London to meet up with friends. I decided that I would go to London with her, my first visit to the city since pre-covid times, probably around 2019. I decided that I was going to do a few things that I hadn’t done before. WeContinue reading “896 – A day of History, Culture and …”

There is a fair bit of work going on in and around Haslar Marina. The lightship dissappeared for several months whilst there was a lot of dredging work going on. The lightship is back now. It looked a bit barren on its return, but it is now being returned to its state as a restaurant.Continue reading “895 – The waterfront”

I quite enjoyed the visit to the Newlands House Gallery, where we saw the Lee Miller photographic exhibition. It was fascinating. Now the quality of the pictures was extremley good, but there is no doubt that Lee had the subjects. Mainly Picasso. During the lockdowns, I spent a fair bit of time reading one particularContinue reading “894 – Art Galleries”

I am really hoping that I can stop beating myself up over not getting up and going for a walk in the morning. For the last two mornings, I have managed to get up go for my normal walk and join in on the #Breakfastclub, it has actually been really nice. Plus I have decidedContinue reading “893 – Facebook”

This morning was a bit of moment. For the first time in several months, I managed to get up and go for a walk. Now, I did have a bit of an argument with myself. But I had reached a point where I knew that the situation couldn’t carry on like it had. Now IContinue reading “892 – Out for a walk”

Every day (well, mostly every day) as I settle in the office chair I am trying to develop a routine involving looking at three books; Ian Dale’s On this day in politics, Andy Beer’s Every Day Nature and finaly, The journals of Gilbert White. The great things about all three of these books is thatContinue reading “891 – The Journal”