Category Archives: personal blog

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”

This is the Dry Stack at Gosport Marina. Roughly in the middle of the picture is the forklift truck that moves the boats around. It was in the process of putting a boat on the stack. I took this today as I was out on my walk. I was determined to just take some picturesContinue reading “509 Just take pictures”

This is a photo of Stanley Park, a walk I went on earlier in the week..the not doing very well bit is Walk1000. By the end of today, I should have completed 5.8 miles to be on target. I’ve managed only 1.6, and that’s only because I have been too lazy. Not good. I haveContinue reading “508 Not doing very well”

I’m having difficulty summoning enthusiasm for the 2022 Fantasy Holiday. It isn’t the principle of the holiday, or the location. It’s the rigour of the tour. I may make it more relaxed than FH21. Even now at this stage I am trying to make my mind up as to the theme of the holiday. IContinue reading “507 The New Year”