Realised that the web site is over 20 years old and it still hasn’t helped me go viral. Come to the conclusion that going viral probably now has a different meaning in 2020 and that I don’t want to go. Might go fungal instead, but don’t think I can get ointment for it.
Decided to do things with the site. Wasn’t sure what things, but did them anyway. Added some cello and quartet music. Messed with menus. Fixed the contact form. Other stuff. Very exciting. Not.
In a totally pointless and probably futile exercise driven only by withdrawal symptoms from my regular games of Scrabble and a feeling of ‘well, why not?’ (the answers to which were very carefully ignored), I’ve decided to replace usual handing around of 100+ boring photographs to people who weren’t interested after photo number 3 with…
Continued the vanity insanity by adding today’s collection of pictures from Mount Orgueil Castle.
Continued the continuation by adding pictures from the maritime museum in St. Helier. We went to a vineyard and a pottery as well, but I was too busy carrying Lois’s shopping to take any pictures. Contributions to the J. M. Skilleter Wallet Restoration Fund are urgently required and will be gratefully received.
Took the ferry to Guernsey today. Two of us were sick and I wished I’d walked. On arrival, I was interviewed by a journalist from the local press – I initially thought that he must have heard about this web site, but it turned out that he was looking for a story about the ferry…
Off to Jersey Zoo, or ‘Durrell’ as it is now called, after its founder; Gerald Durrell. I can’t say I like the new name, but I still took lots of photos, the best of which are to be found in today’s gallery update. Went to the beach at St. Brelades in the evening, just to…
Another little update with a few new photographic imagary including one one or two of me on the Royal Scot many, many years ago (ye gods, ’twas over a quarter of century ago!). See the ‘Butlins’ link on the left for more information! I’ve also stuck another nice picture of the boys on the site…
