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It was suggested that we get away from the house for a walk and a picnic. I must admit that I was a bit doubtful that I would enjoy it. We went to West Walk Forest of Bere https://goo.gl/maps/zXkUozpQRvvZGddw9 A walk through a managed forest, so good tracks. As I suspected, it was busy. But,Continue reading “242/366 A picnic and a walk”

Yesterday, the 9th of April 2021, barely two months before his 100th birthday, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip ended his tour of duty on earth. Time to rest Sir, duty done. The smoke in the picture is from one of the rounds of the 41 gun Solemn Death Salute. I wasContinue reading “241/366 Time to Rest Sir.”

It wasn’t that last night was the worst. I haven’t really had a worst. Towards the beginning of this exercise, I was concerned about writers block, But to me the immediate answer was; if I have it, write about it. That works. Last night was just a rush, I had almost but not quite forgottenContinue reading “240/366 it’s all about writing really”

I nearly didn’t do tonight’s post. A Thursday night is a busy evening for me. As a licensed radio amateur, I run the Isle Of Wight Radio Society Thursday Night Net, then I go on to Zoom for a bit of a follow up chat. Both are really nice, and I very much enjoy them.Continue reading “239/366 Nearly Didn’t…”

It was a rough night. I awoke at around 0300, had trouble getting back to sleep, only to be awakened again by a cat being sick. That was it then, couldn’t get back to sleep. I was in two minds whether or not to go for my morning walk. But, as usual I’m glad IContinue reading “238/366 A mish-mash”

The Moon, even though a very waning crescent, was quite prominent this morning. I took this picture of one of the Wight Link Ferries as it was departing toward Fishbourne. I quite like the picture, in my eyes there was a kind of serenity to it. It was a quite relaxing walk, I was evenContinue reading “237/366 The Morning walk”

Another picture from yesterdays walk. This is the far end of Workhouse Lake. I think what would have been the workhouse would be over my right shoulder behind me. I can’t really write with any confidence about workhouses, but I have a perception (which I think is a reasonable one) that they would not haveContinue reading “236/366 The Workhouse”

A good part of this evenings amble of writing is going to be more about writing that walking. Over the last week I’ve talked about a couple of pieces of writing that have impressed me. I’ve been thinking about why the writings impressed me. I believe that part of it is down to passion. TheContinue reading “235/366 Out for a walk”

The Birds of Paradise being held in our conservatory over winter are blooming like nobody’s business. This is one of about five that are breaking out. They really do look quite lovely. We had our first BBQ today. With the easing of the lockdown, it meant that we were able to see some members ofContinue reading “234/366 First BBQ of the season”

The last few days have been quite glorious from a weather point of view. We spent a fair of time in the garden. We thoroughly enjoyed it. Mind you, the birds weren’t to impressed. I detected their frustration. We have two cats. One of them was sat under the bird table as we were satContinue reading “233/366 It’s all about the birds”