Category Archives: personal blog

For a book that was an accidental pick-up at Kim’s in Chichester, Dorset by H.O.Lock has been an absolutely delightful read. With a tinge of regret, I finished it this morning. I don’t know very much about Mr. Lock. He served as a Major in the British army, he wrote a number of books andContinue reading “980 – Dorset by H.O.Lock”

It was getting fairly late in the evening, and I was getting a bit panicky, because I couldn’t think of what to write for tonight’s blog. I hate that, not having even the ghost of an idea what to write about. But then, I suddenly had a thought; what have I learned this week fromContinue reading “979 – Sunday”

I think for Gosport this is probably one of my favourite walks; from home along stoke road, westbound to the white hart. Cut across to join the disused railway track now excellent footpath & cycle way all the way down to The crescent, the remaining symbol of a bygone extravaganza then across to GAFIRS, Fareham’sContinue reading “978 – out for a walk”

I arrived at the waterfront on, a day when the wind was cold enough to make you grateful for the three layers, including fleece and padded jacket, hat and gloves. The sense of loneliness was palpable. The morning was strange, I had the feeling of the same grey colour being everywhere. Even the water inContinue reading “977 – seaside or ports?”

I’ve done what I don’t like doing because it usually ends up as a rubbish post, leaving the post until last thing at night. This mornings walk was quite pleasant. Not much going on, but it gives me a topic to write about. With me rising in daylight hours I miss the morning chorus, butContinue reading “976 – The morning walk”

You are walking along, and there are some people working on a large hole in the ground. What do you do? Do you just walk past and not even think about what they are doing? Or walk past and perhaps wonder what they are doing but do nothing about satisfying your curiosity? I couldn’t doContinue reading “975 – Holes in the ground”

The one thing that stays with me on my morning walks all year round is my gadget stick – in reality, my photo tripod, christened gadget stick by G6RTE Joly. I invariably take it with me on my morning walks. However, tomorrow will be an exception. I won’t be carrying it tomorrow. The tripod hasContinue reading “974 – Gadget stick Crisis”

Towards the beginning of April we were in Chichester for the day. As usual, my focus of interest were Waterstones and Kim’s. Kim’s is a second hand bookshop. It’s a really nice place over four floors it is absolutely a brilliant place. I’d spent a good bit of time having a browse around. I doneContinue reading “973 – Dorset by H.O.Lock”

In the sense that I am going to go on a bit about topic that I have been on this week. Paul & Rebecca’s YouTube channel is absolutely fascinating. I found a similar channel, here are links to both of them; https://www.youtube.com/@pwhitewick https://www.youtube.com/@DaveFord The Dave Ford channel is another new discovery, only found yesterday. HeContinue reading “972 – Please bear with me”

I got to spend a bit of time in the Fareham Waterstones today. It’s always pleasant to have a browse. I know the layout of the shop quite well, with the latest non-fiction books displayed just inside the entrance. One of the first books I picked up to have a quick browse through was RemaindersContinue reading “971 – Bookshops.”