Category Archives: personal blog

I think of things to do. I have three photography projects in mind, I’ll write about two of them as I can mostly do those without a lot of external help, the third I need a fair bit of help from a couple of sources, so I’ll keep that one under wraps for the timeContinue reading “Projects”

I live on the edge of a major shipping lane.  I take advantage of that.  I like watching the ships. We have;CruiseContainerCargoCar carriersFerriesOil tankersBunkerSailingWarHovercraftLifeboatsPleasure craft (Lots)I enjoy watching them all. So much so, that I registered and act as a node for marine traffic. In particular, in the nice weather, I like to cycle acrossContinue reading “Shipping”

It’s quite nice to be able to fit an exercise regime into normal activity. I like to get up during the week and go for a walk first thing. It’s a good little bit of exercise, and I can go on the #Breakfastclub without disturbing the family. The #Breakfastclub? It’s a radio net, run byContinue reading “Monday”

In a previous post I said that I’d explain what RAYNET is all about. Whilst I was becoming licensed as a Radio Amateur and then when I joined the Horndean & District Amateur Radio Club I became aware of a group who talked about events outside of the club. I heard the name RAYNET mentioned.Continue reading “RAYNET”

Given that this is a new blog, I feel at liberty to delve back in time to previous experiences. In this case another bagged castle. This time, Arundel. I think one of the most spectacular views you can have of castle, is to drive westwards past the town of Arundel on the A27. Now, IContinue reading “Arundel Castle”

We Developed the concept of Castle Bagging a few years ago whilst visiting friends. We had booked a week in a villa just outside Carcassonne in the south of France. The walled city is in the area of the Cathar region, which I still know very little about, but we did know there some CatharContinue reading “Castle Bagging”

Had a couple of days exploring Brighton. After quite a big breakfast, we made our way across to the I360, the British Airways tower for a flight up to 130m, about 450 feet. On the way to the tower, we walked past an op3n air exhibition by the Brighton & Hove Camera Club. I haveContinue reading “Brighton”

Last nights post was about photography, specifically still photography. Tonight, I like to write about moving pictures. Very briefly, I’m going to return to the 1970s. If you thought still photography was expensive, then 50ft of super 8 giving about three minutes of moving pictures cost I reckon about £5 that is I admit aContinue reading “Film & Video”