Category Archives: personal blog

I wanted to go for a morning walk, I woke just after 4AM, stayed awake long enough to push Rascal off my chest and then fell back to sleep. I did manage to get out for a lunchtime walk, I had a drop off and a couple of pickups to do, and luckily enough timeContinue reading “865 -It was a Blustery Day”

Two of the most stressful (for whom?) events that we can be involved in are weddings and house moves. The planning for one is well underway. The prospect of a move is increasing. There are a couple of hurdles still, the chances of our being in a different house for next Christmas are increasingly likely.Continue reading “864 – plans for the year”

What did you do today? Starting with last night. We didn’t go out, we didn’t have anybody around, it was just us. We watched many episodes of 9-1-1 Lone Star. We have very much enjoyed both this and the original 9-1-1. Very powerful characters. We’ll be very sad when it comes to an end. WeContinue reading “863 – 01 Jan 2023”

We’ve just watched 2023 burst upon in a cacophony of noise and light, and I realised that I had not posted a piece in the 4 hours prior. So, the counter is reset to zero for 01 Jan 23. Shall we see how far we can get through this year? This is going to beContinue reading “862 – Well, Hello 2023. Welcome.”

Ignore the RAYNET signs and the stuff on the bonnet. Not relelvant to this post. Today we made another London trip. We left home with a 100% battery. Road conditions were atrocious, it was cold so we had to use the heater a fair bit to demist – the heater really eats the battery. WhenContinue reading “861 – The EV Again”

We went for a walk into town today. We took a slightly roundabout tour past the cockle ponds. It was very nice to see members of the model yatch club out racing. I’m not sure what class it was, but there was a bit of a breeze and the boats were moving at a fairContinue reading “860 – The Mary Mouse”

One of the things that I am trying to get in to the habit of doing is my daily one-off collection of weather data from the devices I have set up in the garden. Here are today’s figures (changes in the previous 24 hours); Date Pressure Hpa Temp Max Min RH Rainmm 28 Dec 22Continue reading “859 – Time at the bird table”

When we went to see the first Avatar film in 2009 we were absolutely blown away by the story, the imagery, and the quality of the 3D photography. It has remained until today by far the best 3D film that I have seen. I don’t know how many 3D films have been made since then,Continue reading “858 – Avatar”

On the left of the header picture is Rowner Church. The original church is 12th Century. Not the building we are looking at. In reality, only a small part of the church inside remains from the original. The Rowner / Alverstoke area has it’s own Mott and Bailey. This is a secure structure built onContinue reading “857 – The ages of Gosport”

This is the symbols my downfall at Christmas time, and Chocolate is it’s name. In this case Toblerone, but pretty much any chocolate really. There isn’t much I don’t like. People insist on buying it for me for Christmas and of course I can’t refuse it. That would be very rude of me. And ofContinue reading “856 – Fictional Chocolate”