Category Archives: personal blog

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”

We are in that in-between time. Summer and Autumn. It could easily go either way. What becomes a hurricane on the Eastern seaboard of the USA has a tendency to spin off in our direction depositing its remains here. So, the rest of the week will either continue in the same vein, or it won’t.Continue reading “392 The Weather”

There’s a lady who lives in Scotland (she is Scottish). Her name is Kim Grant. Kim is a photographer, every week or so she releases a video on You Tube. She’s very good. This week’s video was about how to make your pictures even better, quite simply by including a bird. Does it work forContinue reading “391 Photography”

It’s very nice to once again be in the position of having to choose which photos I want to use. I’ve used this one as the header. It annoys the heck out of me. abandoned trolley are bad enough – I used the trolley app to report two of them on Clarence Road earlier inContinue reading “390 Another one!”

I’m working on the script that I want to use when I do my vlog of Rowner Church. It won’t be done for a few weeks so plenty of time to think about it. The question I want to ask is what direction do I want to take the commentary? There are two distinct tracksContinue reading “389 The Weekend”

The Railway line between Fareham and Gosport finally closed on 30 Jan 69. At some point between then and now, somebody somewhere made one of their best decisions. That was to turn the old rail track partially into a bus route, and partially into a cycle track. The exclusively cycle & walking track part runsContinue reading “388 Gosport Cycle/Walk Track”

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”