Here are a few random shots from a brief walk along Eastney Esplanade between downpours today (Monday 6th December 2021). Luckily the sun appeared for about an hour in late afternoon.

Check out this post by Nandakumar Narasimhan at Kosmo Foto documenting the disappearing railways that connect the disparate reaches of a vast nation. Some stunning photography, not only of locomotives but also of those who work and travel on the trains — by rights these images should end up in a book.

Full* set of pics now available.

*I was late for the lecture so I missed the beginning (and the introduction(s)). I'm hoping there will be a video.

Catching up with some outstanding uploads while in #coronalockdown, here's the full set of pics for the last Winchester Skeptics talk before everything was postponed or cancelled.

Full set* of pics now available:

*"Full set", meaning those pics I took before my camera was confiscated by Troxy staff, plus those I took subsequently on my pocket camera (Lumix TZ70), which I also had with me (in my pocket).

Full set of pics for January's talk at Winchester Skeptics now available:

Full set of pics for January's talk at Pompey Skeptics now available:

Full set of pics for the recent talk by Richard Rawlins at Pompey Skeptics

Full set of pics for the most recent talk at Winchester Skeptics

In a spooky act of deja vu Winchester Skeptics hosted Keith Kahn-Harris a mere fortnight after he gave essentially the same talk at Pompey Skeptics. But denialism is a subject worth hearing Dr Kahn-Harris's unique take on more than once.