Last week in my post The Road I mentioned that I had begun reading Cormac McCarthy’s novel of the same name. Well, I finished reading it just a few days later and I have to say that it was, indeed, brilliant. Telling the story of an unnamed father and son traversing an ashen, post-apocalyptic America, …
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The Gas Lamp Monument
Whilst taking a scenic walk through the Lymington marshes today, I passed the curious memorial pictured above. The monument is dedicated to Sir Admiral Harry Neale, a once-famous naval officer who served as Lymington’s member of parliament for a whopping 25 years, and celebrates his role in bringing gas lighting to the town by means …
Christchurch Priory (Reprise)
Blackwater Arboretum
Whilst catching up with a friend today, we decided to take a leisurely stroll around the impressive Blackwater Arboretum. Boasting some of the largest trees in the New Forest, the area consists of a vast variety of different tree species gathered from across the globe, many of which were planted during the reign of Queen …
Southampton City Art Gallery
The Canadian Memorial
Whilst walking through the forest near Bolderwood Deer Sanctuary, not far from the Portuguese Fireplace I visited last week, I stumbled upon a striking memorial (pictured above) to the Canadian soldiers who were stationed in the surrounding area in the lead up to the D-Day landings. The cross marks the location at which soldiers would …
The Road
In a previous post, ‘Books and Beaches’, I announced my intention to read one book every week over the course of the summer. The book I was reading at the time was Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, a collection of interconnected tales inspired by his experience as a foot soldier in the Vietnam War, …
Photography
After meaning to do so for far too long, today I finally got out my DSLR again and began practicing my photography skills. Despite having had the camera for a good few years now, I’ve never really put in the time to learn how to use it properly and that’s something that I want to …
An Update
Hello again! It’s been a few days since I last posted on here but don’t worry, everything is fine. Well, except for the fact that my original goal, as outlined in my introductory post, was to post something every day and in that respect I have failed miserably. But that’s not to say that I …
Bowling
It has probably been at least five years, if not longer, since I last stepped foot in a bowling alley. There is no tragic reason behind this, it’s simply something that it hadn’t occurred to me to do for a while; one of those fun things you do as a kid that are subsequently forgotten …
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