Got the time? 
This Portland bill site has been a little quiet this last week or so, well, the end of the summer holidays and with them being hit and miss weather wise, best to make the most of the good days… alas, I have, with my youngest son, time shared with them is time used well… time!
Time, that relentless follower, the most precious thing we have and something we all to easy waste, sadly.
So, it was great to get another poem which was… timely, pardon the pun!
How we long for…
Portland's view over the Fleet.
Portland has a few great vantage points. It is also changing alot itself, as can be seen in the bottom of the picture, new buildings flying up.
So.. it seems appropriate that Bob Wollage wrote a great poem way back in 1980 which will still resonate today, quite prophetic I would say…
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Red arrows at Portland Nutters, skilled nutters
Portland gets a little Red Arrow treatment, as part of the Weymouth Carnival day. Weymouth bay is just to the left of the big tanker boat on the harbour here.
Their routine was centred on Weymouth beach, so obviously that is the best place to see it, but with the holidaymakers crowded there, it’s far more appealing to us Portlanders to use our vantage points to enjoy it… at least what we do see of it.
But I wasn’t the only one…
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| Chesil Beach – the Fleet |
Portland is a great place and something we Portlander’s never tire of seeing it around us, some may and I am about to make that worse… ;o)
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| Dreamy days… |
I recently shared a Portland poem on here by Bob Wollage, having a few people contact me saying they liked reading local poems, I am happy to share another great one from Bob, thanks go again to Sylv for sharing this with me…
Being a stonemason myself… I can relate. 
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Poems are great in that they share something in a way stories can’t.
Do you have any poems to share? Want to see it on this site?
