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The picture was taken a couple of years ago. The power station has since been demolished, and the weather was much calmer today. We both wanted to get out of the house for a while, so we quickly put together a packed lunch and drove out. It was a very pleasant couple of hours. ThereContinue reading “992 – Hillhead”

From a military point of view, Gosport has quite an extensive diving history through the submarine base, HMS Dolphin. The Escape tower is a major skyline feature of the town even today although it closed down a few years ago. I’ve just been looking at my photos and am surprised to find that I don’tContinue reading “991 – The Diving Museum”

This morning, I have to confess that I wanted it to be raining so that I didn’t have to get up and go for a walk. Of course, it wasn’t and I did get up and I did go for a walk and of course I was glad that I did. Not that anything spectacularContinue reading “990 – Random stuff”

A couple of years ago, I think, I started giving the birds peanuts because they were less messy (the peanuts, not the birds) but I had to grind them up. I tried by hand at first peanuts in a tea towel or bag, hitting or mashing them with a rolling pin. Didn’t work well, SoContinue reading “989 – Superglue Adventure”

This is a picture of the ducks at the Apple Dumpling Bridge in the Alver Valley. On this particular day I was walking back from Lee on Solent. I had come this way. Through the nature reserve to visit the bridge, and a very historic site (for Gosport) the Rowner Mott & Bailey. There isContinue reading “988 – Rowner’s Mott & Bailey”

In 2015, I developed the concept of locality. The thing about Locality is that it acted like a kind of framework, bringing together a lot of my interests; walking, photography, history, just knowing about the area. In comparison to Wareham, the history of which goes back to the romans and the Saxons, and I’m probablyContinue reading “987 – A bad man always blames his…Resources”

I read the article in Dorset Life about Wareham. It was of course very interesting and I knew some of it (Saxon town, major port before Poole, sacked by the Dane’s, besieged, extensively destroyed by fire), interesting key points in the towns history. But there is so much more detail to be disc overed. TheContinue reading “987 – Wareham”

The latest edition of Dorset Life has arrived. I will take a few days away from my book to read. I’m particularly interested in an article on Wareham. I always look forward to receiving the latest edition. The first thing I look at is the map of Dorset on the first page. This shows theContinue reading “986 – Sunday & the coming week”

The picture has nothing to do with the coronation. We didn’t go to London, we did spend most of the day in front of the TV, eating some of the things that we shouldn’t. Well, we don’t do it often. As usual, the ceremony was superbly conducted. Of course not everything went according to plan.Continue reading “985 – Coronation day”

The ship in the picture is The Greg Mortimer. Named after the founder of the company that owns her, Aurora. Not a big vessel, 1400 tons, and carries only 100 passengers. The thing about her is that she was designed for excursions to the poles. It’s always a pleasure to witness the arrival of aContinue reading “984 – Friday”