Category Archives: personal blog

To walk the streets of Gosport is to walk steeped in history. Walking past the railway station, no longer in use for the railway, housing stylish flats and conference rooms for hire. This is from where Queen Victoria Queen Victoria and her Prince Albert continued their journey to their home of relaxation at Osborne HouseContinue reading “1057 – History in Gosport”

Quite a while ago, I bought 150 fat balls at a very reasonable price. The only problem is that the little darlings (I mean all of them, not just the starlings) wouldn’t touch them. Well, they would but with great reluctance. So, I thought of a wheeze which I thought would fool them, the littleContinue reading “1056 – Starlings”

The picture is of the birthday cake at the party we went to today. The cake was a Victoria sponge with icing and haribo types sweets all over it. To be honest it looked both disgusting and fascinating and an absolute sugar nightmare. I would have had a second slice if there were enough left,Continue reading “1055 – Manual v. Automatic”

I forgot to do a post last night the immediate and most annoying effect is that the day count has gone to zero. Particularly frustrating as I had been trying to keep it going. Oh well, back to the beginning. So I’ve been posting recently about historic locations in the town. I don’t have oneContinue reading “1054 – oh dear!”

There is a bridge crossing the workhouse lake. Standing on the bridge facing south puts you facing a modern house built in a slightly strange style. It turns out that the site of the house used to. Be Gosport’s workhouse, and the new buildings frontage has been built in the style of the gatehouse toContinue reading “1053 – Workhouse Lake”

When we were in Dorchester on Saturday, at a new area Brewery Square, there was a very interesting shop. Called “The Jedi Archives” it had several games laid out on at board. One of the layouts featured spaceships from Star Wars. I asked if it was ok to take pictures and they said definitely, goContinue reading “1052 – Model Photography”

Gosport & Fareham Inshore Rescue Service is a charitable service not directly associated with the RNLI I believe. But it is a very busy and highly respected service for the Solent and surrounding area. Located at the eastern end of Stokes Bay, not that far from Gilkicker, one of the Palmerston forts. All along theContinue reading “1051 – GAFIRS”

This memorial sits near the waters edge in the Elson area of Gosport, and was erected to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day, specifically the embarkation of troops from a slipway which is immediately adjacent to this site. It is one of several sites throughout Gosport that either directly commemorate or act as aContinue reading “1050 – D-Day”

The picture is of Tadnoll Heath in Dorset, looking towards the Purbeck Hills. The Heath is a nature reserve, a site of special scientific interest and a Ramsay site (which I had never heard of before today) that is a site of international importance under the Ramsay convention that deals with the conservation of wetlands.Continue reading “1049 – Tadnoll Heath”

I am very sorry, I am completely unprepared for a post tonight, I recognise that this is close to the equivalent of not posting, but I want to keep the count the count running.