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I think these are Brent Geese. They were on Forton Lake yesterday as I did my walk up to the Millennium Bridge. I heard them before I got near the bridge. They weren’t raucous like the Canadian Geese can be, it was quite a gentle quiet conversation that was going on. It appears that theirContinue reading “519 Geese”

Today, you get two pictures up front. I knew that the plaque for The Thornton Theatre was here. What I don’t think I have done so before is stand back and look at the building to which the plaque is attached. When I took the picture of the plaque this morning I was thinking aboutContinue reading “518 – Blue Plaque No. 2 – Thornton Theatre”

I wanted to do my Gosport walk in a defined order, but it’s not working out like that. Having done four points in the walk, I am remembering them as I go. I think tomorrow is going to be another Blue Plaque day. There are several along the high street, I’ll just go with theContinue reading “517 – Doing History in Gosport”

I took this picture this morning. I’m getting a bit fed up with my pictures only because I will take a picture of the Spinnaker across the water. It’s a big frame. This “frame” has been on the high street for quite a long time, sand I’ve never paid any attention to it. This morningContinue reading “516 Through a Frame Lightly”

This is the top of Butser Hill. I have been there, but I haven’t really walked the area. The article isn’t about that. The country walking in the title isn’t an activity in this case. It’s the magazine. I have to confess that I was considering not renewing the subscription. I will though. That isContinue reading “515 Country Walking”

I visited a town centre that I had never been to before. It was a Saturday afternoon so you could reasonably expect it to be busy. But, it was raining so whilst not quite empty, it was most definitely not busy. i hasten to add that the town centre in question is not this picture,Continue reading “514 Towncentres”

I am not content with the way I write. Part of the problem is that I write literally, so I will say “It was cold”, whereas I need to learn to write more descriptively, along the lines of “the gentle breeze carried with it a chill deep enough to make your joints creak”. Ok, perhapsContinue reading “513 Writing”

For the first time this year, I left the house to go into a freezing night. My breath was misting up. Luckily, I had been given a pair of touch sensitive gloves, so at least I was able to use my phone without taking my gloves off. I didn’t go on to the Haslar MarinaContinue reading “512 Glacial Gosport / Discerning Cats”

I’m getting towards the end of a book; Portsmouth a literary and pictorial tour by Matt Wingett. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading it. One aspect that has featured quite a bit ( unsurprisingly) are the names of famous writers mentionned in the book, they include; Jane Austen Arthur Conan Doyle Charles Dickens H G WellsContinue reading “511 Portsmouth Writers”

When I went out for this mornings walk, it was dark, there was very Partly due to there being practically no wind, less than one knot from the south west-ish, and even at 8.8C, it felt mild. It certainly didn’t feel cold. Given that it was the first working walk of the year, it wasContinue reading “510 A morning of contrasts”