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This isn’t a post about the history of Fort Brockhurst, one of the “Palmerston’s Follies” built during the 1850’s and 60’s to defend Portsmouth against possible French invasion, which never appeared. That’s it – end of history lesson. I wanted to go for a walk this morning, and I use weekends to try to visitContinue reading “536 – Fort Brockhurst”

I could write all sorts about the Rising Sun, but what I want to say is best said here; I had read in my D-Day Book that the pub was popular with service people from HMS Tormentor, a base just a little distance away. We went in and had a drink, and I thought aContinue reading “535 – Warsash, The Rising Sun”

Vlogging! I haven’t written about Vlogging for quite a while. Just in Icase you had thought I had forgotten. I haven’t. On a Thursday night I do the Thursday Night Net for the Isle of Wight Radio Society. I’ve been doing it for four or five years now. At some point I started doing itContinue reading “534 – Is it Pretentious?”

It’s not a good picture, sorry about that. But you can see the fox. I just a few yards from the high street when I saw the fox coming from the left. I was probably about 15 – 20 yards away. As it trotted along, it saw me I started getting my tripod positioned, phoneContinue reading “533 – Urban wildlife”

The Blue Plaque commemorating the India Arms in gosport can be seen over the middle of the entrance at the right of the white building. What confuses me slightly is that it is the site of, but it appears that the building is Grade II listed – so this must be the building. I haveContinue reading “532 – Blue Plaque No. 3 – The India Arms”

When I went out for my walk yesterday morning I decided that I would try to focus on detail rather than the wider shots that I have been taking. I thought that the lamp over the door way of the Clarence Tavern would make an interesting subject. My first effort below wasn’t good enough; It’sContinue reading “531 – Finding the Light”

You see something, you look at it, you take a picture and then you look at it on the iPad and you hold your breath. The major flaw with this picture are the various components the lamp pole; I did want the light behind the lamp, but didn’t expect the lamp post to be quiteContinue reading “530 – Walking D-Day & writing”

Whilst I haven’t totalled it up, I fairly confident that I’ve done more than my targeted 35 miles this week. Less than 36, but more than 35. Over the week it has been relatively straightforward getting to 30, those last five miles were the slightly more difficult goal. It’s todays walk that allowed me toContinue reading “529 – Random Conversations”

I’ve another issue of B&W photography that I have just started reading. In last months issue, there was mention of a book; 52 black and white assignments by Brian Lloyd Duckett, it’s not due for publication until February, but I have my order in. I thought that I would try and do each assignment usingContinue reading “528 – Photography”

So far, from a walking point of view, I am on target, but not sure I am going to make my goal of walking 35 miles this week. So far I’ve done where between 25 – 26. This means I have to do ten miles over the weekend. I reckon I can easily do six.Continue reading “527 – Out for a walk”