Category Archives: personal blog

I don’t like them. I never have. Don’t ever ask me to do the “face your fear” thing which involves handling a really big one (I can’t even bring myself to write the word tarant…..). So I’m usually a bit nervous when I encounter one of the beasties. Luckily, I managed quite a few years ago, to cureContinue reading “1183 Spiders”

The view across to Fawley from Hamble Sorry, just keeping the count going. Really late tonight.

I think this is a facility for showing people what it is like to be in a lifeboat being dropped into the water. The facility is in Warsash the opposite side of the river Hamble, from where I took this. I almost missed doing a post tonight. I was thinking about thing and reading theContinue reading “1181 – Nearly missed it”

We wanted to get out for a bit. We didn’t want to go too far, and we didn’t want to spend much. We quite like Hamble, so thought it would be quite pleasant to make that our destination of the day. It’s a straightforward drive, except I made a mistake and turned off early. That meant that weContinue reading “1180 – Hamble”

I haven’t been out enough this week. I’m beginning to wonder if I might suffer from Vitamin D deficiency. I think I am going to have to bite the bullet and make sure that I get out in the daylight for a reasonable length of time every day. That will help me as well with the photography,Continue reading “1179 – Getting out”

I am slowly gathering a nice collection of reference books covering a range of topics, but with a bit of focus on Dorset. People might reasonably ask the question why do you need books? My answer is always not only are books useful, they are interesting, and above all; I like books. If I have nothing on,Continue reading “1178 – Books & Maps & Out of Town”

Bumblebees are one of my favourite insects. I can’t explain why. Perhaps it is their dedication to getting their pollen or possibly the perception of bumbling clumsiness, which in reality they are anything but bumbling or clumsy. They are incredibly industrious.  On a summers day, if you want to relax go into the garden and just sitContinue reading “1177 – BumbleBees”

It’s a bit strange to have as a topic, something that I haven’t visited for a few days. But I guess it’s as valid to write about something you haven’t done as it is if you had. During the day, if I’m out in the garden I will hear something, perhaps the horn of aContinue reading “1176 – The Waterfront”

I left the house around 0650 I paused briefly to think about the route for a quick one mile, just get in some steps. Started off down the road that I don’t usually follow in the morning. I was heading for the cockle ponds. It wasn’t much of a breeze, but what there was gaveContinue reading “1175 – routes”

Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance. I managed to get out for a few minutes this morning. It was very pleasant, if a bit chilly. That was a side issue. What I really wanted was to try out my gimbal mount for my iPhone to make sure it was working. The poor performance came from myContinue reading “1174 – A quick stroll (PPPPP)”