Category Archives: personal blog

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)”

I lost track of time. It’s now nearly 10 to midnight and I am running out of time to write a post. In that case, I apologise for the brevity of this post.

I went for a walk this morning. I left the house around 0645, it was only just over a mile, but better than nothing. The roadworks at the cross way are progressing. As I stood there looking at them one of the street cleaners was trying to pass me. I apologised for blocking him. WeContinue reading “1172 – A constellation of lights”

Back to work on Tuesday, and up until 0630 this morning I haven’t left the house, except to put the bin out. No exercise. I woke up this morning at 4AM. For the next two hours I knew that I needed to do some exercise. I’ve been thinking about when I could go for aContinue reading “1171 – Anxiety”

I have been thinking about what other activities I wanted to work on. One of them obviously is this blog. I’m pleased that I am working on it again, I hope it continues. Another activity I am very keen to work on is vlogging. Even if I never publish any of the videos, I wantContinue reading “1170 – More ambitions…or goals?”

I didn’t make any public New Year’s resolutions for 2024, here we are though. What plans, what goals do I have for the year? Well, for one I would very much like to improve my programming skills so I’ve committed a monitor to my raspberry pi 400, and going to have a go at python.Continue reading “1169 – The New Year”