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Well, it’s not that there is literally nothing to write about, it is more a case of there are things that I am not prepared to write about.

I don’t mind writing about my interests and how I hope to develop them. Part of the problem is that I’m not really doing very much with them.

I want to write about Dorset and the plans that I have to explore the county, because that is definitely something I want to do.

Particularly from a pre-historic perspective.There are so many sites in the couunty, both small and big, a lot of them sited in beautiful places, I am really looking forward to vising as many of these as I can.

Whilst I am on a site, I would like to make a little video about the place and put it on my youtube channel. I have been watching a couple of people who have been making videos whilst they were walking and the videos were about the walk and what they. I found the videos delightful, but that isn’t what I want to do (unless I see a spectacular sunset, sunrise or vista.

I’m planning to look at the site, set it in a context of its surroundings, try and explore its history, especially if there have been any digs and discoveries. That will mean a fair bit of research. For that, I’m hoping to become a member of the Dorset Museum. They have extensive resources. A couple of hours spent there every so often should do the job.

I’m reading a book at the moment, by Francis Pryor, he was a member of the Time Team, and his book “Scenes from Prehistoric Life” is his interpretation of how people lived in the days of the construction of Stonehenge, and other sites.

Plenty of information to explore and playwith there.

I’ve been sat here for the best part of thirty minutes, staring at the header picture, trying to think about a subject for tonights post.

Nothing is coming to me. I ran out of time for going for a walk, because we were a bit rushed we decided to go out for a meal, we went to the New Bengal, only a few minutes walk from us, very nice. I’m still a bit full, but pleasantly so.

I know it’s a bit of a feeble post. I’ll try and do better tomorrow.

I managed to get out after work. Just down to the waterfront. The high street was busy with the market closing down and I presume commuters and people sitting outside bars. There was a little bit of a chill in the air, but if you were sheltered then being in the sun was very. good for Vitamin D production. I think I got my quota today.

The waterfront was quiet from a shipping point of view. Of course, the Gosport Ferry was running, but that was the only ship. I haven’t seen a reasonable-sized ship coming in for a while now, although I did see a Brittany Ferry not so long ago I’m not sure they count though.

The cockle ponds were being whipped up by the winds, if the model yachts had been out, they would have been in rough weather.

Neither a very exciting walk, nor a very exciting post, but at least I made my 10,000 steps today.

When I was in town, I bought a couple of books. I shouldn’t have done especially as I haven’t followed the one in, one out principle.

The one book I want to write about tonight is called “Stonehenge” written by Rosemary Hill. I started reading the introduction, found it quite interesting and so decided to buy it.

Having started to read it, it is very interesting. Only within the first few pages, I had this image of Salisbury plain, some 4000 years ago, cleared of trees, a cold wind whistling across, people, settled communities, and then the construction of the henge begins, and the commitment that needs to be made for it.

OK, I have only read a few pages but the way it is written is fascinating. Like a lot of books, I am really looking forward to reading it.

I can feel a re-visit to Stonehenge at some point in the future.

Yes, sorry about the picture, I don’t think it could be much more unrelated.

We were sat in the garden on Friday afternoon/. There was a blackbird in one of the trees at the bottom of the garden. It was singing its heart out, and very loud. It was lovely to hear. Unlike a lot of artificial noises, this was not in the least annoying, it was delightful.

When I was out for my walk this morning, it was pretty much impossible to miss the crow perched at the top of a yachts mast. Every few seconds it would let out a couple of loud Caws, very raucous, I can’t help thinking of crows as hooligans, especially when there are a bunch of them together, not today though, In the distant after the crows call, I could hear a faint response, the crows were shouting eat each other. Still hooligans.

I stood watching this one for a good minute or so, and took pictures. It was not in the least bit bothered by me. I walked away with a smile on my face.

The blackbird and the crow were both kings of their castles. A very pleasant walk

I’m not comfortable in my office chair. After my clumsy efforts to change the gas cylinder that didn’t work, but looks like it may have weakened the mount, and I don’t want to have a repeat of the end of the last chair when it gave away, and I went over backwards.

My mission today then was to explore several of the local charity shops that have very good furniture sections to see if I could find a good 2nd hand office chair.

I visited the two shops in Gosport. The first did have half a dozen office chairs but none of them came anywhere near meeting my needs, so I moved on to the second establishment. Sadly they had no office chairs at all. Where next then?

Luckily, I had my bus pass with me, so I hopped on to a fast E2 service to Fareham, took advantage of the USB socket to keep my phone charged whilst I read the news for the trip. There is one particularly large charity furniture shop in the town centre, I felt confident that it would have a good selection of office furniture. Nope, one office chair, that again didn’t meet my needs.

Elayne had told me about another furniture shop on the High Street. I walked as far along as I thought there might be the chance of shops, but I couldn’t find the other furniture shop.

I gave up and spent a bit of time browsing in Waterstones. I even bought a couple of books, which I shouldn’t have done, but I may need them for reference. And so concluded today’s Great Office Chair Hunt Adventure.

Don’t worry, I’m not getting all emotional or anything. We are watching an Australian TV show, The Heart Guy (called Doctor Doctor in Australia, which might be down under, or up over depending on how you view the universe). Anyhow, at one point someone said something, so significant that I can’t remember what it was. What it did do though was trigger a thought in me; where did the atoms that make up my body come from?

Apparently, it is true that we are stardust. I can’t help wondering which stars I came from. Perhaps Betelgeuse, the red giant in Orion. It also appears to be the case that a small percentage of my atoms could have come from the Big Bang, which makes a part of me 4.5 billion years old. Where have I been in the universe, and what have my atoms seen?

A bit silly, but that was the thought I was thinking.,

It’s my office chair. The gas cylinder has gone. So the seat is at maximum depression, which means it is too low. I looked up to see if it was possible to just change the cylinder rather than pay out for a new chair. As usual, YouTube made it look very easy. Cylinders appear to be a q standard size, and only cost a few pounds, so I bought one.

Of course, what YouTube shows, and real life are two different things. In my attempt to copy the method shown on the screen, I think I have severely weekend the chair and can see the same thing happening as did with the previous one – it broke, and I went over backwards. So a replacement is needed.

I’ve done a temporary fix by using two memory foam cushions to boost my height. I know that can’t be long term, but I am trying to work out what to do. This is about the third chair that I’ve bought from the same place, and they have all failed after a relatively short period. I don’t want to get another chair from there.

The only other source is online, and this is a bit speculative because I can’t try it (mind you, I couldn’t try it when it was in a box in the shop, but they did have made up ones. I said the only other source is online. Not strictly correct, there are a couple of good charity shops nearby that have very good furniture departments.

I think I might make time this weekend to go and have a look and see what they have in, you never know.

My brain is conflicted this evening. I am unable to focus enough to be able to do justice to the blog. So, my apologies only a count-sustainer post this evening.