Category Archives: personal blog

It has been a while since we had a morning like this. I must admit, I looked up the definition of a pea-souper, but that’s a fairly precise definition of a fog involving pollution, giving the mist a green & yellow colouring and is very unpleasant and unhealthy to breathe in. This was thick. IContinue reading “610 – Misty Morning”

I acknowledge. This is not a picture that will gain me a Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society. If you have been reading this blog for a year or more, then hopefully you will remember the time I spent with the Jelly Fish in the Cockle Ponds here in Gosport. I was very disappointed towardContinue reading “609 – Jelly Fish”

Today, I joined The University of the Third Age. https://www.u3a.org.uk/ There is a particular group that I want to attend. The thing about the U3A groups, is that they all happen during the working day, and as I work this is really awkward. Luckily, I have a very understanding boss, and as the group onlyContinue reading “608 – U3A”

The skies went a bit mad this morning. It has been at least two years since I last saw this many contrails. I managed to do about 4 miles over the course of the day. I was pleased with that, but I was disappointed that I didn’t feel able to complete my normal route. TalkingContinue reading “607 – Walking”

It’s just over twenty years since I did any really serious studying. A few years ago I did GCSE Maths – I quite enjoyed that. My locality project means learning, but it’s not formal and is unstructured. I’d quite like to do something. There are couple of A’levels I’d quite like to do. Back inContinue reading “606 – Learning”

I have always known it. I am a boring person. Against one set of criteria https://www.businessinsider.com/habits-of-boring-people-2017-7?r=US&IR=T#boring-people-have-unbalanced-conversations-1. I meet at least 6 out of the 14 measures for defining a boring person. My main problems are social occasions, and my lack of love for televised sport – although I do like to watch a bit ofContinue reading “605 – Boring”

It’s not that it is cold, it is that I have one. It’s not Covid – Elayne has had it all week and has been waiting for me to come down with it. Well I have. It is frustrating, but there you go. I haven’t been out today, I’ve particularly missed the walk down theContinue reading “604 – Cold”

For a long time, I had aspirations to be a town councillor. I’ve avoided talking about politics because it never turns out the way I want it to – I’m not particularly adept at debate. I’ve more or less given that idea up. I think the whole experience would probably be too stressful. I thenContinue reading “603 – Gossip”

The round Tower, across the water in Portsmouth, I wanted to get a picture of it being battered by the white water, but timing is difficult to judge. From that, you’ll gather that it was quite windy today. The wind blowing gustily for my morning walk and hadn’t let up at lunch time. The thingContinue reading “602 – Lunchtime Walk”

It’s really unfortunate, that a trip down to the waterfront at low tide reveals this unfortunate sight. Of course it disappears when the tide comes back up. I reported one trolley to Street scene – they told me that anything on the seaward side of the Haslar Marina Pier Wall is the responsibility of QHM,Continue reading “601 – Down to the Waterfront”