Bills Posts

Well, that’s the thing. I can’t really, not while I am in work, and definitely not for official bodies like charities. Way too much responsibility. Plus even within clubs, I have a habit of joining a club, and then getting on the committee.

When I do get on a committee, it might be with some ideas as to what I want my role to do, but I’m never good enough for it, so end up getting stressed and dropping the role suddenly. Not good for me of the body concerned.

So, by all means join clubs but just don’t take on any responsibilities., well, nothing more than organising the occasional breakfast. I seem to manage those. I’d like to do another, but I just need to buck up the courage to get back in to it, and would anyone be interested?

What a lovely day, we left mid morning to make our way over to Southsea common, near the navel memorial, there were stalls and activities and I think several thousand people, bringing to an end the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

Without doubt the climax of the day was the display by the Red Arrows, and although there was a lot of fairly low cloud around, they as usual put on a magnificent show, it was really lovely to see them.

They were supported earlier on by a parachute jump, it was difficult to tell, but I think the team was drawn from across the services;

Always impressive to see them.

As you can imagine, the rush to get away meant that it was very difficult to get a bus and pretty much impossible to get a taxi (to be honest, we didn’t even try), so we ended up walking back to the hard to get the ferry home. Elayne did really well.

This is going to be one of those really short posts.

There, I told you.

Ok, if you’ve read this already, my apologies I wanted to get something down.

I’m bothered by the absence of any motivation to vlog. A few months ago I was really chomping at the bit to produce video, but at the time I was being driven by the move to Dorset, and knew what I wanted to vlog about.

At the moment, I’m not getting the same connection with Hampshire I was very keen to connect with all things pre-historic. It really isn’t the same here.

I do have to admit though, that there is a lot of recorded history here, and I’m keen to learn more about it.

At about 9PM last night, I had a thought that I need to do a blog entry. That was. It, the last thought I had about it. Until I woke up that morning that is.

Obviously, I didn’t do a post last night. I’ve missed nights before, it doesn’t really matter. But what it means is that my post counter goes back to zero. I’d got to 76 – I’d posted for 76 consecutive days. It would have been nice to have reached 100.

Oh well, we’ll start again.

There’s no point in ignoring that there is an election on. During the election period, I become increasingly frustrated (I was already frustrated) at the lack of a local newspaper, whether hard copy or digital.

I’m not satisfied with the lack of that service. Can’t do anything about it though. Can I?

It’s not that things are taking shape, more that things are being taken apart. Very large chunks of tarmac being piled up so that the base for the new bus station can be laid down.

Before the move to Dorset fell through, I was all fired up with the idea as to what’s I was going to vlog about. Naturally, the desire to vlog is still there, but the content and the vitality of it is all gone.

I want to get the vlogging mojo back. In order to do that, I am going to have to sort out in my head what it is I want to do. So, what is it about Hampshire that will draw me to it. I haven’t worked it out yet.

Well, not really gardening – more cutting grass. We visited Elayne’s parents, they wanted a bit of work done. Mostly cutting grass. We all mucked in, David wanted a wild patch left in the middle of the lawn.

The grass was quite long, but it was strimmed first in places, in other places we just used the lawnmower, it’s a manual push-mower. Surprisingly I quite enjoyed using the push mower, and for a few brief seconds, I seriously considered getting one. Actually, when the grass is as short as it is, I might still consider that.

I also suggested that we might invest in a battery-operated mower. Interesting thoughts.

Where do I begin with this? Gardening is not my favourite activity. What job I am doing in the garden depends whether or not I am, well, I’m not going to say enjoy it, or actively dislike it. For example, I don’t mind cutting the grass but don’t ask me to handle dirt. Sounds pathetic doesn’t it? It is.

Today, Elayne had me loping branches off the plumb tree. It had gone a bit wild and this year it looks like it’s putting more effort into growing itself, than growing fruit, of which we have seen no sign. I have to confess that I was surprised at how much needed to be chopped off, and I confess that I was also surprised to find it quite a relaxing activity. I’ll never be a tree surgeon, but I can certainly reduce a small tree to a bare skeleton.

Then our neighbour asked if we could do a bit of reduction to her Buddleia, resulting in another sheet full of bits of bush.

Luckily, I had been able to get a slot at the recycling centre, left with just enough time to cut the grass after which it was off with a good carload of garden waste.

At the end of it all, the garden really does look lovely – but Elayne is not satisfied, there is still much to do.

I have to say that I quite enjoyed the day. We had a good result, I felt I contributed to the day, and I quite enjoyed it.

On the day I found a trolley in the cockle ponds there were two. This second one was a bit further out, it must have taken a bit of effort to throw it out there, I’d say more than one person to throw it in.

Sorry about today’s brief post. I’ve sat for a good thirty minutes staring at a blank screen, trying to think of something to write about, and then I remembered the 2nd trolley, so at least that gave me something.,

I decided that I had to look up what the transport plan was for Gosport. I haven’t finished reading yet, so I’m not fully aware of transport plan, but there were several options for the new bus shelter, I haven’t reached the point in the document where the decision is made as to which one will be used.

The picture shows the pole-mounted no entry sign, and I read that the road is a bus-only route. What then for the rest of the traffic? I’m not sure if the new bus station will allow buses to reverse out in such a way that then allows them to join the traffic, or will they reverse into the traffic?

I’m wondering also about what will happen to the existing bus station, it is I think due for demolition, but it is more than the bus station; Will the Gosport Ferry get a new ticket office? What will happen to the Tourist Information Office? And then there is the bike shop, which I think is run by a charity. They give an excellent service and I really hope they are allowed to continue business.

It’s a situation that I will continue to write about and keep you updated.