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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”

I like maps. I always have. Maps tell you lots of things about a place. If I had enough wall space, I would have a very big map. I’ve said in the past that I don’t like marking books, I have a different view of maps. Places of interest need to be highlighted. I’ve spentContinue reading “789 – Maps”

This is Knowlton near Wimborne St Giles. Parts of the church are 12th century. There are also parts of the church from the 15th and 18th century. The church sits in the middle of a Neolithic Henge monument. A couple of years ago, I drove past this site. I didn’t have time to stop butContinue reading “788 – Why?”