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I post 1488 I wrote the actions of the current and previous councils. I got somethings wrong, and so it’s good to do a little fact checking. I had said that the previous council had turned off CCTV in the town. This is incorrect. They had removed monitoring by people. Recordings continued, so could beContinue reading “1500 – Incorrect, and other matters”

We went for a family visit today. On a bit of a random basis we went for a pub lunch, a pub called The Silent Woman. We had the Sunday Roast, Elayne and Meg had the Roast Beef, I had the Pork. I’m quite happy to say that it was one of the best pubContinue reading “1499 – Sunday”

I buy too many books. I buy more books than I can read, because I start reading a book, and whilst I read it, I happen to look at something on the net and a book recommendation pops up. I look at it and think “that looks like a book I’d like to read” andContinue reading “1498 – Books”

I want to explore what I am going to call the Gosport Peninsula. I’m sure that isn’t the correct name for this area of land, but it serves my purpose, so it will do for now. I was writing something elsewhere, and I wrote that I thought this area was boring from a geographical pointContinue reading “1497 – Landscapes”

Social media is a magic tool for keeping friends and family informed, and I love it for that. It can also be a monumental time waster. How many times have you been scrolling through any one of the various apps, only to find that an hour, or possibly even two have gone? Don’t get meContinue reading “1496 – Learning”

On the 23rd of March, 23 We let Rascal go. You’d think that after not far short of two years, I’d be able to write about him without tearing up. What sparked this off today was news about another loved cat who has left us – not ours, my sisters – Clover. Who are theseContinue reading “1495 – For the love of Cats”

The last evening if the year, and it’s party night. But that doesn’t mean going wild. Some pleasant company, not really talking photography. We have some ding-bats to solve, of which I managed to get a few, usually I’m rubbish at those. We did have some “What is it” photos to look at, taken byContinue reading “1494 – Camera Club Night”

Whether I will go for a walk in the morning really depends upon how I feel when it’s time to get up. This’d morning, that wasn’t an issue, I got up at 0546, and managed to get out. It wasn’t a very eventful walk, perhaps the one thing was as I walked by One thingContinue reading “1493 – The Morning walk”

You might be aware that over the last few months, if I talk about the book that I’m reading it has been a history book. I wanted to find out about the Plantagenets so I bought Dan Jones’ book on the subject. I’m going to describe it as an easy read, in the sense thatContinue reading “1492 – I re-visit the two-book dilemma”

I went over to the Isle of Wight today, to have lunch with my friends from the Isle of Wight Radio Society. Last week, I’d bought a ticket for the foot ferry from Portsmouth to Ryde Pier, the particular ferry was due to depart at 0915, but the company that runs the ferry, WightLink, areContinue reading “1491 – I just missed it…”