Category Archives: personal blog

Almost a couple of years ago, when I started doing this numbered blog I can remember several occasions when I was conflicted about which book to read, and couldn’t make up my mind. I am sure that there have been several such occasions during my journey to bloggendum. Once again, I am in that positionContinue reading “800 – Two Books”

I’m being a bit naughty. I am doing this post way too late. I am too tired for a longer session and I don’t want to lose the counter by not doing a post. I will do better tomorrow.

An unusual day, we didn’t do very much. Last night I wanted to read a couple of pages of A History of Hampshire and I started looking for the book but couldn’t find it. Most frustrating but I found it this morning languishing a place where it had fallen. I’ve now managed to read theContinue reading “798 – Sunday”

The header picture isn’t Southampton. We were there, but not for long. I had eggs Benedict in a restaurant in West Quay, which was very nice. We did what we needed to in West Quay, including a good browse around Waterstones, once again not buying anything. Then we went out on to the high street.Continue reading “797 – Southampton”

When I came up with the idea of Locality, getting to know the local area, I was really only looking at the coastline between Hurst Castle and Hayling Island. I now acknowledge that was too limiting. What I really should have done was include Hampshire from the outset. Whilst it is probably a bit lateContinue reading “795 – Locality & Hampshire”

I’m reading the street photography workshop. Chapter three is quite intriguing. It deals with projects. Professional Street photographers prefer projects because it means they have a subject and are more likely to take successful pictures that people who just shoot randomly. I must admit, I found this to be something of a revelation, it seemsContinue reading “794 – Street Photography”

I’m not in anyway disparaging Hampshire (you are now thinking that’s exactly what I am about to do) but any attempt to compare two locations will always in some way be doomed to failure. In the 70’s I visited Guildford quite a few times, but I never got to visit the cathedral, I have visitedContinue reading “793 – Hampshire”

I’ve taken a few pictures of the dredgers that have been working in Haslar Marinna, but it has nearly all been very early in the morning or at the weekend. today, I went for my lunchtime walk, and did the usual thing walking down the high street and carried on to the Haslar Marina WaveContinue reading “792 – Dredging”

The whole of September and what we’ve had of October has been a little bit fractured in terms of my walking. Since the beginning of the year I’ve been recording my miles for the walk1000 project. I am proud to say that I reached my target during early September. It’s halfway through October and I’mContinue reading “791 – walking”

Today was one of those occasional trips across the water to Portsmouth. My goal once again was to pay a visit to Waterstones, the closest big bookshop. As usual, I started by browsing the latest non-fiction section just inside the front door. I have to say that there wasn’t anything that really grabbed my attention,Continue reading “790 – Portsmouth”