Things are happening fast on the frog spawn front! The idea to take a picture every 7 days wasn’t a good one, they are developing at a rate of knots. It’s now day 5 and I’m posting two pictures taken this morning. The first shows the eggs which are left and are unlikely to hatch, [...]
Entries from February 27th, 2009
Goodbye snow
February 26th, 2009 · Comments Off · Miscellaneous
My route from Winchester to Salisbury takes me up a hill before descending into Salisbury. There’s a cafe at the top of the hill, naturally it’s named The Hilltop Cafe. When we had the snow, which I wrote about on 2 February, the cafe car park had the snow shoveled to end of the car [...]
Frog spawn
February 22nd, 2009 · Comments Off · Miscellaneous
Today I spotted frog spawn in the pond in the garden. I collected some and have put it into a clear vase of pond water which now sits on my desk. This was done so that my step-son can see the eggs develop, tadpoles hatch, and finally the transformation into frogs. Then I had the [...]
“Where are you going?”
February 16th, 2009 · Comments Off · Buses
Why can’t passengers just ask “Do you go to xxxx?” Today was typical with a young lady getting on the bus which was on its stand at Winchester Bus Station. “Where are you going?” she asked. I gave my usual reply “Where it says on the front” which is a much easier than listing every [...]
Joy! Oh, Joy!
February 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Buses
Today I did 63 duty which has the usual two times Winchester to Salisbury in it. But the difference between this duty and all others is 15 minutes of HELL on the school run in it. I’m going to name and shame what for me are the worst behaved school kids in Hampshire – if [...]
Two photos over 100 years apart
February 4th, 2009 · Comments Off · Miscellaneous
Paul, a fellow Winchester bus driver, e-mailed me to say “Your picture of the Guildhall in the snow looks remarkably similar to this one of 1905. You�must have been standing�very near�the same spot!” I’m not sure that the shop I was outside was called The British Heart Foundation in 1905 but it certainly was the [...]
