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Out for a walk today, just under four miles. That made for a (for me) not bad 23.5 miles walked this week. At the moment my morning walks are happening whilst it dark, so it is very nice at the weekend to get out for a bit. I had the thought today “It’s nice toContinue reading “157/366 Out for a Walk”

A couple of days ago I wrote about how my interest in photography grew. It wasn’t just still images. I bought a super 8 movie camera in the mid 70’s. I shot many rolls of rubbish, and some (what we now consider to be) classic family film. I’ve had them converted to digital images. ItContinue reading “156/366 Vlogging (kind of)”

It’s not that I have writers block tonight, it that I am not sure where to start. There’s a thing that I am doing that is writing related, but which at the moment I don’t want to write about – perhaps in a couple of weeks, by which time, you might even pick up whatContinue reading “155/366 This week”

I always try to look at the weather forecast on TV the night before. The local forecast always strives to give a good picture over what will be happening the next day. I must admit that I don’t take it as gospel, it all depends on what it’s like when I get up. I lookContinue reading “154/366 Walking Weather”

It was a misty morning, but the mist wasn’t at sea level. It was though, sufficiently low as to obscure most of the Spinnaker. The picture above was taken with an iPhone, with a 12 megapixel camera. Not the biggest sensor by any means, but more than big enough to produce a picture with aContinue reading “153/366 Changes”

Most days of the week I take a walk to the waterfront. I must have done this a couple of hundred times a year since we moved here. Why do I keep going back there? Well, for a start, it’s lovely. I enjoy seeing the water, the ships, the weather – well, the sky behindContinue reading “152/366 The Waterfront”

Clippers, The ships that shaped the World by Daniel J Nolan Given to me as a gift. I must admit, it’s not a book that I would normally buy. I understand the link though, living in Gosport, I have seen several tall ships come in to Portsmouth Harbour, and they are a magnificent sight, butContinue reading “151/366 Book of the Week, Clippers”

I was about to do this evenings post, and having written the title I suddenly thought that perhaps I should have a B&W picture lined up. This is one I took earlier today. It was a cold and misty day, as you can see with a fair bit of the Spinnaker missing. As I arrivedContinue reading “150/366 Black & White Photography”

I went out for a walk today, not far only 4 miles. I went down to the GAFIRS station at Stokes Bay (Gosport And Fareham Inshore Rescue Service). The walk down was pleasant enough, along the cycle track. I always enjoy going this way, there are a couple of nice views along the route. SomethingContinue reading “149/366 A Nice Dilemma”

My apologies for last nights whinge about writes block, and writing pressure. None of that tonight. I have two or three articles lined up. I am not quite ready to do an article from the B&W magazine, although I do have an idea for one piece. That’s what’s driven this evenings picture. It’s either abstractContinue reading “148/366 Blog Items”