Weekly Bin Collections

And time for a minor rant regarding weekly v fortnightly rubbish collections. I fail to see the big deal about reverting to weekly collections. From my rather poor recollection and research, once a bi-weekly service has bedded in people are generally content with it. In Gosport, we have alternate recycling/waste collections and this works very well. And it should work anywhere provided the council provides proper bins rather than depending on black bin bags or small boxes for recycling.

The £250million that Pickles and ConDems are allocating to to councils has to come from somewhere and in this period of cutbacks one wonders why such a trivial thing is being afforded such expenditure, and where this money comes from. The money would be much better spent elsewhere (clichéd I know) and I for one hope that Gosport Borough Council retains its current service. 

Alderney 23- 25 September 2011

Early evening at Saye Campsite

These little devils were verywhere and only about 2-3mm

Dates? We don't need no stinkin' dates! It tasted OK and I'm still here to tell the tale

I was playing with the flash - oft times it's better without it seems

A couple more experiments with and without the flash

As you may have guessed I've just come back from Alderney in the Channel Islands. This was the last air racing weekend of the season for the Royal Aero Club. It's a wonderful little island, barely 3 miles long packed with things to see and places to do.... Over the summer there are a myriad events including fishing competitions, a half marathon, hill climbs and so on.

The history is similarly extensive with evidence of a stone age occupation and a Roman pier but the most evident history is more recent. There are a lot of Napoleonic fortifications and in the Second World War these were added to by the Germans. They not only reinforced existing structures but added others of their own and there are many elements still standing. The dark side of this is that these structures were built by slave labour. During the war, there were 3 labour camps and a concentration camp and the occupants were mainly Eastern European; many of the locals left the island. Alderney's history is well documented on the web and readers can find the details behind these events there. The Hammond Memorial stands for the memory of those interned and who died.

I've always found the 'natives' friendly and welcoming and love going back there. If you have the opportunity I'd advise you to go too!

My pictures can also be found here

What to blog. What to blog. Hmmm

Just a short post, really. One that is aimed at my friends who are blogging, are thinking about blogging, or who are stop start bloggers like me. Have a look at Jim Connolly's thoughts on HIS blog Jim's Marketing Blog.

He makes a good point, one I shall try and follow.