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My apologies for the brief post. Placeholder only. I will try to do better tomorrow.

I managed to get up this morning I went for another walk, the first time in quite a while since I’ve been on two consecutive walks. It hasn’t been the going out for a walk it has been the getting up that I gave up on. Now, I’m not going to pretend that I’m back to the old routine, but I have to acknowledge that it does appear that this time of the morning is the only time I feel comfortable doing any kind of exercise.

Anyhow, back to the walk. I followed the usual walk I wondered if I would see the Brittany Ferry as I walked down the high street. Not as I was walking down the high street, but it was about to come in to the harbour as I arrived at the waterfront. I was wrong about the ferry being the Pont Aven, it was the Contentin. It was nice to see the ferry come in.

I took a bearing on the line down the middle of the path, it’s not exactly 270 degrees, more like 267, but there again, I’m not sure how accurate in taking the bearing I am. No problem with the compass app on the phone.

The water in the cockle ponds were millpond-like. And it was very clear. I have been looking to see what life there is in the pond, some insect-like beasties, and a couple of very small fish and a pond weed is sprouting.

It was a very pleasant walk.

I went out for a walk this morning. It was a little bit chilly, but a very pleasant walk. There were a few people on the high street, and as I was getting towards the end of the high street, I saw a Brittany Ferry sailing by. I think it was the Pont Aven, definitely not any of the regulars I’ve seen, it was the wrong shape.

I paused at the bottom of the Haslar Marina Pier Wall and debated whether to go out to the end, but for no particular reason I decided not to. There’s a line of blocks an inch and a bit wide that goes from the milenium sundial to Trinity church, the line runs due East to West. I wonder if it is the start of a ley line?

I went over to the Cockle Ponds. There were a couple of people around, I didn’t know them, but we exchanged pleasantries which was nice.

There was a shopping trolly laying on its side I was surprised that it wasn’t already in the pond. Then, in the smaller pond I saw the kids scooter in the pond. I looked around to see if there was anything else in the pond. I can’t help wondering who would throw a kiddies scooter in the pond? Why would people throw anything in?

When we went to Chichester yesterday (See post 1271), I only took a fleece with me. There was bright sunshine and I expected to end up carrying it. You’ll gather that turned out to not be the case. I thought it was reasonably mild as we left Gosport, but as soon as we got out of the car at Chichester, it was obvious that there was a real bite to the air and the fleece only just made it tolerable, so I got away with it.

It was a. very similar situation today, I pretty much only left the house to go shopping, the bite was still there.

That could take us on to a wider discussion about the weather. I think it is probably easier to say that my least favourite season is the summer. Now, don’t get me wrong I really do like a lovely bright day, what I am less keen on is heat, I tend not to like really hot weather.

The other three seasons are quite capable of giving us a lovely bright day, more consistently perhaps Autumn and Spring give us those delights. The light from the lower sun in those seasons gives us some truly glorious pictures and makes walking an even greater pleasure.

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.