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I came across the water today. No, not a long journey onboard the Santonia from France. Just across from Portsmouth to Gosport. I have to say that the Gosport ferry service is alway run with consummate professionalism. The captains who operate them are able to steer them with such skill, I’ve never known one missContinue reading “1027 – Ferry cross the…”

I know there is a way of including an audio file, I’m just trying to get at the file. It’s what recoded this morning, 22 Jun 23 at around 4AM. The birds going wild. It is, without doubt, the most beautiful alarm clock you will ever hear. It is so loud here in Waterlooville.

I wanted to walk a circular route, and I am not having much luck finding a nice one here in Waterlooville. Part of the walk had me alongside the dual carriageway heading into town, not at all pleasant. At least with my morning walks in Gosport I am minimally affected by traffic fumes. I thinkContinue reading “1025 – out for a walk”

Waterlooville is a strange place. Quite dense housing, with small patches of really quite dense wooded areas, too dense to walk through, and having a really dense canopy. Having said that though, it’s still quite pleasant to walk through. I really do enjoy walking through a nice wooded area, but get so few opportunities toContinue reading “1024 – A walk in the woods”

The header picture is of an alley way just off the town centre of Waterlooville. Apart from the charity shop, every frontage is boarded up. And there were other areas closer to the high street like this. In its heyday, it must have been a bustling complex of shops. I wonder what went wrong,vane whetherContinue reading “1023 – A poorly town centre”

It’s a bit of a dark one this, and the start of this weeks research round is about The Plague and it’s impact on Gosport. Certainly it was bad enough to warrant an entry in the timeline. One claim made was that the town was a, if not the, point of entry into the country.Continue reading “1022 – Gosport in 1348”

Yesterday’s post contained some questions. I said that I would try and get into the library. Well, I did that. I have to confess, that I really didn’t expect to have any success, but as usual, it was a local history enthusiast that really save the day. All of today’s information is courtesy of JoanContinue reading “1021 – Gosport 1204”

The high street has a timeline built in to it down near the Halifax Bank (actually, I can’t remember which shop the time line is right next to – I will have to check that). The first line is 900 and something the first mention of Alverstoke and Rowner. I thought that the next entryContinue reading “1020 – Vlogging”

I think one of the sights this morning was a squirrel sat on the top of a telegraph pole. It must have had quite view from up there. I was very curious as to what was going on at the cross streets. The manhole covers are being put in place. Not much else going onContinue reading “1019 – early morning walk”

I’ve done a little bit of research into The Manor of Gosport, formed I. 1204 by the Bishop of Westminster. So my first thought was to check my understanding of what is a Manor? It’s not just a Manor House, the Manor of 1204 would encompass an area of land of a non-predetermined size andContinue reading “1018 – The Manor of Gosport”