Category Archives: personal blog

The Boat is the Caribbean Star, a Reefer. That means that most of the containers onboard are refrigerated. Portsmouth is one of the largest UIK ports for the importation of Fruit and Veg. Absolutely nothing to do with the Sparrows. We haven’t seen the starlings for a while – probably just keep missing them. ButContinue reading “417 The Sparrows”

The Picture is nothing to do with Southampton; it’s the Haslar Marina Pier Wall in the rain at about 0630. I can’t remember if it was last year or the year before when I first started using my tripod instead of my monopod during the really dark mornings. Now, this year, I’ve become a littleContinue reading “416 Southampton”

He stood in the hallway listening. He could hear the wind howling outside, every so often the wind would grab at the loose flap of the letter box causing it to clatter. The rain, not yet driving, but still heavy enough to be audible as it hits the glass in the door. Tentatively, he pressesContinue reading “415 “Bad” Weather”

OK, I don’t know why this is happening, it is immensely frustrating for me, but when you view it on the web, it looks like you are seeing the picture at the proper size, which is good, I’ll keep looking but shut up about it now. The temperature is on it’s way down, I’m backContinue reading “414 It really is Autumn”

Here’s part of the problem; I’ve been outside several times over the last couple of weeks. The sky was clear of clouds, the stars are starting to appear at a reasonable time, meaning that observation is becoming possible. I’ve even set up a thing on my phone, where if I press the button three timesContinue reading “413 Stargazing (Not)”

As to why, all of a sudden, the images are appearing as thumbnails rather than the full size. I’ve looked in to this, and can’t work out why, it is most frustrating. It isn’t that I want to stop writing, I don’t. It’s almost like I’m running out of steam. My daily posts aren’t reallyContinue reading “412 At a bit of a loss”

Now, The annoying thing is that I don’t know why today’s picture is only coming up thumbnail size. I’ve tried changing it so that it comes up the normal size. I’ve tried changing it, but it hasn’t worked. I don’t know why, but it’s just a tad frustrating. I got up at my usual time.Continue reading “411 A Rainy Day”

I’ve just re-read last nights post. I’m not going to correct any of the mistypings, as they reflect the character of the day & evening. I had reached that point in the day when it was time for bed. I hadn’t done my Project 365 Or my blog posts. I could have left them forContinue reading “410 Sunday”

Today, I arose at 0630, well to be honest that’s not strictly true. I arose at some ridiculous hour to assist in the capture of what turned out to be a dead mouse, being used as a plaything by one of our cats. I tried mostly unsuccessfully to get back to sleep, only to beContinue reading “409 The Revenge of the SatNav”

This was the sight that greeted me on the high street. It like the trolleys in the cockle ponds (although, in my view that is worse than this, but this is bad enough. I tweeted this picture to Gosport Streetscene to let them know about it, as I do whenever I see the trolleys. It’sContinue reading “408 Why?”