Category Archives: personal blog

I caught these two on their way out, it was almost like a race between them. I wonder if they were both heading towards the same fishing grounds? Either way, I really hope they had a good days fishing. I took the picture from the end of the Haslar Marina Pier Wall (HMPW). Sometimes thereContinue reading “629 – Fish”

Actually, the picture isn’t from the garden centre. Gosport’s new Garden centre opened at the beginning of the month. Today, is the first time that I had visited it. I must say that whilst access to the centre was by driving through a housing estate, it was fine. The facility itself is big, and veryContinue reading “628 – The Garden Centre”

Once again, the picture bears no relation to todays post. It is another from the top of Butser Hill. I went out for a walk today. I had planned to walk down to Gilkicker and around that area. Before I went out, I asked Alexa if it would rain in Gosport today. Her response wasContinue reading “627 – Those Forecasters!”

Butser Hill stands to the north of Portsmouth to the western side of the A3, the road you can see in the picture. I remember the first time I was driving along the A3, and saw the hill, and that there were people walking up the hill. That was probably around 2011 – 2012. IContinue reading “626 – My own Butser Hill Challenge”

I’ve learned that I can walk through the High Street at lunchtime and resist my brain cajoling me to buy food that I don’t need. today for example, I resisted the pleadings for pasties and chocolate, even though I did go in to Morrisons, I bought only what I intended to, and resisted the shoutingsContinue reading “625 – Fair Weather Friends”

I have a need to write about an experience that I had this morning that made me feel very awkward. It’s a bit sensitive, so please bear with me. Unless something stops me, like rain, I always go for my morning walk, leaving the house at around 0550. I usually follow the same route. ThatContinue reading “624 – That was awkward!”

This building was until recently part of Gosport’s Discovery Centre or library. It used to be the Grammar School. As part of the discovery centre, it held two primary sets of documents; the military, particularly naval history of the town and area, and a very big genealogy section. It is a surprisingly big building andContinue reading “623 – A New Gallery & Museum”

This is just a bit of wood floating in the cockle ponds. The colour of the piece and the water just really appeal to me. Some aspects of this post will become a regular occurrence. I got on the scales yesterday morning. I weighed 125.5 kg. This is way too heavy. This time two yearsContinue reading “622 – It’s weighing me down”

On the concourse at Waterloo the 1856 to Portsmouth Harbour didn’t look busy. I join the platform and start walking down the train. It’s 1847, so I have plenty of time. What I’m looking for is a double seat on its own. There are none in the first carriage, the second or the third. It’sContinue reading “621 – Train Trip”

Looks a bit of a mess really doesn’t it? But it’s intriguingly deliberate, called squaring the block, at the corner of these two streets in the Holborn area of London. Another brief blog entry I’m afraid, it’s late and I’m tired. That is what has driven the short entries these last couple of days andContinue reading “620 – Friends and weird sculptures”