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No, not the starlings, they never left, and annoyingly, I don’t have a picture. The grey wagtails, well one of them, which has reappeared in the garden today. We frightened them off when we put the garden furniture out earlier in the year, and now that the table & chairs have gone from the patio,Continue reading “821 – They’re back”

Once in a while, a ship from a foreign navy visits Portsmouth. Thia is the USSN Gerald Ford. It’s 25,000 tons heavier that either of our carriers, and is one of eleven that the US has. It’s quite an impressive sight and is staying for another day or so. I hope her crew are havingContinue reading “821 – A Visitor”

I didn’t go for a walk this morning. It rained. The rain had started before I awakened, when I came to I could hear the water being thrown on to the window by the wind. I knew I wouldn’t have been able to go out, actually, it was quite nice to stay in bed. TheContinue reading “820 – it rained”

I didn’t go for a walk this morning. It rained. The rain had started before I awakened, when I came to I could hear the water being thrown on to the window by the wind. I knew I wouldn’t have been able to go out, actually, it was quite nice to stay in bed. TheContinue reading “820 – it rained”

For the first time in nearly three weeks I managed to get up and go for my morning walk. I didn’t do the normal three miles, just two and a bit. It was a pleasant enough walk. Although it was very good to get back on the #Breakfastclub again. I followed my normal route. NotContinue reading “819 – Morning Walk”

Just want to say Thank you to Mark for last nights guest blog. He’s been itching to do it for a while, and last nights effoerts was a worthy result. Windsor castle is a very active institution. The Coldstream Guards are on duty 24 hours and the King was in residence for part of ourContinue reading “818 – Windsor Castle”

This weekend the blog has been hijacked by our good friends Mark and Helen! We’re meeting them at Windsor for a trip round the castle and a well needed catchup so a leisurely dinner in the hotel is happening. Both of us suffered from excessive traffic this morning. Mark and Helen got stuck on theContinue reading “817 – Lovely day out”

We sat at the waterfront at lunchtime, and enjoyed a sausage role for lunch. I can think of no link at all between the waterfront at Gosport and the departure of the Commodore for Jersey and Stone circles – there just isn’t one. For a bit I am going to stick with the Neolithic eraContinue reading “816 – Ships and Stone Circles”

The picture is nothing to do with the title. It’s from Gilbert White’s garden. I don’t have a picture of the Henge that I have taken. I haven’t been there for a good ten to fifteen years, although I have driven quite near it a couple of times. I was watching a YouTube programme aboutContinue reading “815 – Stonehenge”

It’s that time of the year again. My wife is now pestering me to write the family Christmas letter for inclusion in all the Christmas Cards we send. Writing the Christmas Letter is sometimes, well, most of the time, a surprisingly stressful activity. Sometimes it’s really easy, other times it is much more difficult. TheContinue reading “814 – Christmas Letters”