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With astronomical Autumn only a few days away, there are signs in the garden that the growing season is coming to a close for some flowers at least. Our wild patch which didn’t start off particularly well, probably because the birds kept eating the seeds boomed in to life and was a great attractor forContinue reading “402 I am not a gardener”

No, this is only the site of the palace. I’ve been wanting to visit here ever since I heard of it. I have to admit I had no idea how big it was. To visit the site is to be exposed to the artefacts and building skills of 2000 years ago, and to begin toContinue reading “401 Fishbourne Roman Palace”

We had a couple of lovely walks today. We went for breakfast in a local cafe, which was nice and then went for a walk around the lagoon. I don’t know how long the lagoon has been there, but from the way the harbour has silted up, it’s been quite a while. Anyhow, it makesContinue reading “400 Morning or Hello”

As is mostly normally the case, the picture has no relation to the subject of today’s post. This is a picture of the river at Littlehampton, which it turns out is actually, quite a nice place. I had quite a conversation yesterday with my Father-in-Law, about a love of his life, which it’s probably notContinue reading “399 The Internet & Hobbies”

This is Thomas A Becket Church in Pagham. Totally unrelated to today’s post, but I think quite a nice picture nonetheless. Ah yes, 2nd hand bookshops. Now sadly, I don’t really class charity shops to be any good in this field, unless they are dedicated. Oxfam seems to be quite good at this, they haveContinue reading “398 2nd Hand Book shops”

I managed to get up early today, before the daylight came, I wanted to experience dawn on the Pagham Harbour Nature Reserve. I was on the reserve before 0615, and it was still quite dark. The trip out this morning also reminded of another thing, that the tripod I have really is not fit forContinue reading “397 Many books on the go”

Nope, they aren’t it – I’ve not seen it, but it was getting a number of birdwatchers quite excited. I went for a walk in a seriously lovely part of the country side. Parham Nature Reserve, an RSGB site. There were some birds about, and quite a few people. What I really loved about thisContinue reading “396 The Red Backed Shrike”

I have talked about everyone having a book inside them I’ve quoted Hitchens in the past. What people tend not to say is the second part, which is along the lines of “and that’s exactly where it should stay”. Now, if any known author had done that, we would have missed out on seriously goodContinue reading “395 Writing”

The thing about this week is that the mornings are getting noticeably darker. It will soon be dark for the bulk of my walk. this will cause problems for the salinity readings from the cockle ponds. Perhaps I should get a watertight container to bring a sample home to do the measurements here. For theContinue reading “394 Writing and walking”

I’ve cheated just a little bit. The picture is one that I took, but it’s from a couple of years ago. It’s train on the Watercress Line taken when we were doing an Events Station – Railways on the Air, from Ropley. I really enjoy these event stations. Talking of stations, you’ll have seen theContinue reading “393 Model Railways”