Yesterday, I wandered down a little of the Itchen Way from Winchester to enjoy the frost and check out the new stairs at St Catherine's Hill...
January 5, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Yesterday, I wandered down a little of the Itchen Way from Winchester to enjoy the frost and check out the new stairs at St Catherine's Hill...
Saturday I strolled along the coast from Christchurch to Hinton Admiral via Hengistbury Head. This walk included my first boat trip of the year on the Mudeford ferry and my first ice cream cornet...
January 5, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Saturday I strolled along the coast from Christchurch to Hinton Admiral via Hengistbury Head. This walk included my first boat trip of the year on the Mudeford ferry and my first ice cream cornet...
The people of Fareham take an implausibly vast amount of luggage with them when they head out for New Year's Eve. Is it common to emigrate for New Year?
December 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The people of Fareham take an implausibly vast amount of luggage with them when they head out for New Year's Eve. Is it common to emigrate for New Year?
A very enjoyable troll around Thorney Island in the the December sunshine...
December 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A very enjoyable troll around Thorney Island in the the December sunshine...
Christmas in England's sunniest place! Twenty four hours in and this is a view of the level of sunshine on offer thus far...
December 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Christmas in England's sunniest place! Twenty four hours in and this is a view of the level of sunshine on offer thus far...
The obligatory Christmas photo of my nephew (feline), this year perched on the pedal bin...
December 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The obligatory Christmas photo of my nephew (feline), this year perched on the pedal bin...
After panto in the morning (oh yes he did) what could be more festive than Pegasuses: so much more flight-capable than reindeer. This might be my last gig of 2025, which has been an excellent year gig wise...
December 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
After panto in the morning (oh yes he did) what could be more festive than Pegasuses: so much more flight-capable than reindeer. This might be my last gig of 2025, which has been an excellent year gig wise...
Yesterday evening was the excellent Threepenny Bit in ceilidh action. Sadly I was not having managed to do some sort of catastrophic damage to my left foot just as I was leaving Winchester...
December 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Yesterday evening was the excellent Threepenny Bit in ceilidh action. Sadly I was not having managed to do some sort of catastrophic damage to my left foot just as I was leaving Winchester...
Yesterday I had two choral gigs in Winchester cathedral, and managed to fit in a visit to the William, Jane and May Morris exhibition at the Arc too (which was so good that I plan to return). I even had a look at the Xmas tree I the City Mill and found the only fragment of Roman Wall!
December 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Yesterday I had two choral gigs in Winchester cathedral, and managed to fit in a visit to the William, Jane and May Morris exhibition at the Arc too (which was so good that I plan to return). I even had a look at the Xmas tree I the City Mill and found the only fragment of Roman Wall!
From the Centurion Way I switched to the West Sussex Literary Trail to head over the Trundle to Singleton and a particularly excellent half of Harvey's Best at the Partridge Inn (sadly not enough time for the full pint before my bus)
December 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
From the Centurion Way I switched to the West Sussex Literary Trail to head over the Trundle to Singleton and a particularly excellent half of Harvey's Best at the Partridge Inn (sadly not enough time for the full pint before my bus)
After the gallery, my boots took me up the Centurion Way: straight (ish) but thanks to Victorian railway engineers and not the Romans!
December 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
After the gallery, my boots took me up the Centurion Way: straight (ish) but thanks to Victorian railway engineers and not the Romans!
On Friday I finally achieved my plans for 10 days earlier, the trains having recovered. I started with the William Nicholson exhibition at the Pallant House gallery: which was excellent and well worth a visit...
December 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
On Friday I finally achieved my plans for 10 days earlier, the trains having recovered. I started with the William Nicholson exhibition at the Pallant House gallery: which was excellent and well worth a visit...
A duo of folk duos at Playlist last night. A very enjoyable evening, Planet Sounds was looking rather fine and I had a decidedly comfy chair at the front: living the dream!
December 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A duo of folk duos at Playlist last night. A very enjoyable evening, Planet Sounds was looking rather fine and I had a decidedly comfy chair at the front: living the dream!
K'ehleyr's Accessories: satifsying the needs of Klingon tween and teen girls...
December 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
K'ehleyr's Accessories: satifsying the needs of Klingon tween and teen girls...
Christmas and brass seem to go together and never more so than in the hands (mouths?) of Connaught Brass. A wonderfully cheery and seasonal gig at Turner Sims last night and my first time seeing a piccolo trumpet up close!
December 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Christmas and brass seem to go together and never more so than in the hands (mouths?) of Connaught Brass. A wonderfully cheery and seasonal gig at Turner Sims last night and my first time seeing a piccolo trumpet up close!
Greetings from the Southampton Donor Centre where, in addition to giving blood, I'm doing my level best to reduce the size of their mince pie mountain...
#GiveBlood
#GiveBlood
December 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Greetings from the Southampton Donor Centre where, in addition to giving blood, I'm doing my level best to reduce the size of their mince pie mountain...
#GiveBlood
#GiveBlood
As it was in town I visited the Railway 200 Inspiration train and its attendant sheds. My favourite element was the gloriously suggestive names for almost every part of the TBM...
December 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
As it was in town I visited the Railway 200 Inspiration train and its attendant sheds. My favourite element was the gloriously suggestive names for almost every part of the TBM...
This is a school hall but unlike those I frequented in the distant past it lacks pitch/court markings and wall bars: I guess that's private education. The piano is also a lot fancier and was played with exceptional skill by Jeneba Kanneh-Mason. Despite her EP title, it was not Jane Austen's...
December 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This is a school hall but unlike those I frequented in the distant past it lacks pitch/court markings and wall bars: I guess that's private education. The piano is also a lot fancier and was played with exceptional skill by Jeneba Kanneh-Mason. Despite her EP title, it was not Jane Austen's...
It was no Muppet Christmas Carol but not at all bad. The FB Pocket Orchestra creating the full soundtrack live, with just three people, was incredible...
December 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
It was no Muppet Christmas Carol but not at all bad. The FB Pocket Orchestra creating the full soundtrack live, with just three people, was incredible...
A proper choral Christmas concert from Southern Voices at St Cross tonight with audience carols too. A lot of head voice needed from yours truly and some rather unexpected verses In The Deep Midwinter: possibly omitted from my childhood thanks to references to both 'breast' and 'ass'...
December 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A proper choral Christmas concert from Southern Voices at St Cross tonight with audience carols too. A lot of head voice needed from yours truly and some rather unexpected verses In The Deep Midwinter: possibly omitted from my childhood thanks to references to both 'breast' and 'ass'...
Getting properly into the Christmas vibe with the panto themed decorations of Hinton Ampner House. You would be correct to assume my thigh was slapped (by me) and much was discovered behind me...
December 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Getting properly into the Christmas vibe with the panto themed decorations of Hinton Ampner House. You would be correct to assume my thigh was slapped (by me) and much was discovered behind me...
A very enjoyable evening being gaslit by the Pegs (and others) at the Platform Tavern...
December 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A very enjoyable evening being gaslit by the Pegs (and others) at the Platform Tavern...
Given the total collapse of rail services to Brighton, an emergency walk had to be implemented. Whilst rather muddy and at times fully flooded, the views from Old Winchester Hill were glorious and the passing zephyrs bracing!
December 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Given the total collapse of rail services to Brighton, an emergency walk had to be implemented. Whilst rather muddy and at times fully flooded, the views from Old Winchester Hill were glorious and the passing zephyrs bracing!
It is both showtime and Snowtime at the Theatre Royal with the Spitfire Sisters (and band) about to take to the Puss in Boots stage...
December 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It is both showtime and Snowtime at the Theatre Royal with the Spitfire Sisters (and band) about to take to the Puss in Boots stage...
Witheridge Hay may, or may not, have been a Shakespearen actor/manager but he is definitely a cheese a chose based on the name in Waitrose on Thursday (20% off at the cheese counter). Having sampled his nose this evening, I can confirm he is delicious
December 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Witheridge Hay may, or may not, have been a Shakespearen actor/manager but he is definitely a cheese a chose based on the name in Waitrose on Thursday (20% off at the cheese counter). Having sampled his nose this evening, I can confirm he is delicious