Category Archives: personal blog

The Scarlet Lady, the aptly named Virgin Cruise Ship is not a small vessel. It looks like the tug is about to get run over. But when you see them in action you begin to appreciate not only the power of these little vessels, but the consummate mastery with which they are captained. It wasContinue reading “387 Scarlet Lady Tugs”

I have registered with our local council to be notified when anything is added to the Gosport Borough Council website in respect of committee meetings. Last night I saw that a meeting of the Community Board has been scheduled for 08 Sep. It gives the paperwork for the meeting, including the briefing pack. I hadContinue reading “386 Out for a walk”

We bought an electric vehicle. I think anybody who reads this is well aware of that now. As we started using it I became very aware of its limitations. When Fully Charged the display shows 180 miles. Of course, that doesn’t mean you get that distance. It all depends on how the car is driven.Continue reading “385 Range Anxiety”

I had the opportunity to visit three good book shops today. I went on a really good browse with no sense of frustration, I think it’s because I was looking for something different to the self help area that I normally end up in. I think that’s a lesson I need to take from this,Continue reading “384 Bookshops – A good visit.”

This is NOT Rowner Church, this is Trinity Church in the main part of Gosport. I don’t have any pictures of Rowners’ St Mary’s the Virgin – Yet! They come next. This coming weekend, if I have time, I am intending to visit Rowner’s St Mary’s (as opposed to the Alverstoke church of almost theContinue reading “383 Rowner Church – Vlog research”

Once again. The picture bears no resemblance to the subject of this post. Last nights post, which I won’t delete or change was born out of a sense of frustration. We arrived at a particular charging point wishing to do a top up. With the level of almost paranoid caution I am experiencing with ourContinue reading “382 Doing research”

My wife and I have been saying for quite a while now that either our next car or the one after must be an E-Vehicle. Then we we received a letter from Nissan, suggesting a special offer. We’d had our car for four years, and thought we would go and have a look at whatContinue reading “381 A letter to Caroline Dinenage – My MP”

I assume that this is a scaffold pole, it’s the right size. It’s been in the water off the Haslar Marina Pier Wall for a long time. It was bedded in to the in to the seafloor but it was at an awkward angle. It could easily have been a danger, to anyone (illegally IContinue reading “380 Friday”

Out for my lunchtime walk following my usual route over Forton Lake bridge, up near the Explosion Museum, coming back I thought I’d try taking a picture of the end of the handrail, it’s one of those “let’s see if this works”. Is it the big white circle, the lines, the contrast with the blueContinue reading “379 Photography”

As usual, the picture has no relationship with the content of the post. The Book is; The Walker’s guide to outdoor Clues & Signs by Tristan Gooley. I was going to share a link with you, but it’s a long horrendous amazon link, that I don’t want here, possibly at the bottom of this post.Continue reading “378 So, there’s this book…”