Officer Wibble

Off on a solo day out on my own for the first time since the leg break, crutches still required though.

A no brainer if you live in Portsmouth, Eastbourne is about two hours away on the train!

Just leave it until you get to your destination then change ends!!

Lovely conditions for the return crossing.

Lovely day for a cliff top walk in Sandown.😀

After many years on the District Line in London 484004 has now retired to the Isle of Wight.

I spilt mine all over the floor in a 450 cab once.😂

A spontaneous trip across the water from Portsmouth starts at the Wightlink terminal today.

The one time I used Ryanair, Stansted to Prestwick on September 11th 2002. Also the only time I've used Prestwick.

Stagecoach E300 27876 at Queen Alexandra Hospital this afternoon.

Board Of Peace = Bored Of Peace.

A quarter of a century already, but never forgotten.

A reclining chair! We have to make do with 'GP waiting room' seats!

When I'm back at work I might try a jaunty tune for my announcements. #PeptobismolAdvert #Annoying

🎶"We call at Farnborough, Woking, Walton On Thames, Clapham Junction, Waterloo-oo-oo." 🎶

It’s nice to be able to wear both shoes again, not for any significant distance though.

A throwback to the post 9/11 months when many North American based aircraft found work elsewhere, this is Air Canada 767 C-FOCA at Sydney ready for another Tasman transit to Auckland in December 2001.

2405 seen leaving Woking on a chilly February 20th in 1996.

HMS Dauntless arriving into Portsmouth after some Mediterranean manoeuvres.

Island Flyer heading off to Ryde this afternoon.

February 19th through the years. 320307 at Balloch in 1996, 66183 at Newport in 2000, 313215 at Fratton in 2022 and VH-OJP climbing over Wraysbury heading to Heathrow in 2005.

Twenty years ago climbing out of Heathrow on Virgin A340-600 G-VNAP for some winter warmth in Los Angeles on February 16th 2006.

I'm not sure the latest cutbacks to the fire service have been fully thought through.

BA A380 G-XLEL over Portsmouth this morning on the Miami to London flight.

February 13th 2005 was my longest day, all forty three hours of it! I started the day in Sydney, hopped over to Auckland before crossing the Pacific for tea in Los Angeles! Here's N180UA in Sydney, ZK-NBA in Auckland, the wing of 747 ZK-SUI over the Pacific and N840MH at LA.

Home on the bus as the trains are a little delayed at the moment.

This wouldn’t be happening if Jim Bergerac was still around.

Off to Haslemere on our cursed unit to visit my nephew on the gateline and brother in the ticket office.

#MerseysideMonday 150205 & 87002 at Lime Street in July 1996, 507007 at Rock Ferry in March 2012, 508120 at Town Green in December 2022 and at 777018 Fazakerley also in December 2022.

Now looking at a possible seventh prime minister in ten years.

We used to be a serious country.

#WorcestershireWednesday 150132 at Droitwich Spa in May 1997, 172214 at Hartlebury in May 2024, 172220 at Hagley in May 2024 and 323205 at Alvechurch in November 2023.