My personal timeline, with links to associated photographs where available.
By the way, this is a work in progress.
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Decades: 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s
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2020s
Events
- Our third grandchild is born.
- Total Solar Eclipse.
Travel
Recreation
- Three days solo backpacking in Hercules Glades Wilderness, January.
- Four days solo backpacking on the Whites Creek Trail, Irish Wilderness, clockwise, January.
- Four days R&R in Piney Creek Wilderness, February.
- Three days hiking the Big Piney Trail, Paddy Creek Wilderness, March.
- Two days solo backpacking in Hercules Glades Wilderness, April.
- Five days R&R in Piney Creek Wilderness, September 2024.
- Getting outside my comfort zone, Paddy Creek Wilderness, December.
- Four days hiking the Whites Creek Trail, Irish Wilderness. December.
Events
Travel
Home
Recreation
- Two nights and three days taking it easy at Hercules Glades Wilderness, February.
- Four days hiking the Whites Creek Trail, Irish Wilderness, March.
- Three days hiking the Ridge Runner Trail and Devil’s Backbone Wilderness, March.
- Three days hiking the Big Piney Trail, Paddy Creek Wilderness, May.
- Four days by Table Rock Lake at Piney Creek Wilderness, July.
Home
Recreation
- Three days hiking in Hercules Glades Wilderness, February.
- Three nights at Hercules Glades Wilderness, April.
- Three days at Hercules Glades Wilderness, May.
- Three days backpacking in Hercules Glades, August.
- Three nights and four days relaxing by the lake in Piney Creek Wilderness, September.
- Four days on the Ridge Runner Trail & the Devil’s Backbone Wilderness, December.
Events
- COVID lockdown part II.
Recreation
- Searching for springs at Hercules Glades Wilderness, February.
- Three-day backpacking trip to Piney Creek Wilderness, March.
- Three days on the Whites Creek Trail at Irish Wilderness, April.
- Three days on the North Fork Loop trail, Mark Twain National Forest, May.
- Four days by the lake, Piney Creek Wilderness, July.
- Gary & Ginger, a couple of nights at Hercules Glades, June.
- One-night stay in the Devil’s Backbone Wilderness, September.
- Four days, three nights in Hercules Glades Wilderness, November.
- Three days backpacking in Hercules Glades Wilderness, October.
Events
- COVID lockdown part I.
Recreation
- Piney Creek Wilderness, January.
- Three Days at Devil’s Backbone Wilderness, January.
- Big Piney Trail, Paddy Creek Wilderness, February.
- Two nights and a superb sunrise on the Bell Mountain Trail, February.
- Two days ‘Self-Isolation’ in Hercules Glades Wilderness, March.
- Two nights in Hercules Glades, April.
- One night at Piney Creek Wilderness, May.
- Two nights at Hercules Glades Wilderness, May.
- Three days in Piney Creek Wilderness, July.
- Fall backpacking at Hercules Glades Wilderness, October.
- Two-and-a-half days backpacking at Paddy Creek Wilderness, November.
- Four days on the Berryman Trail, December.
- Last Backpacking trip of the year, December 2020.
2010s
Events
Travel
Recreation
Travel
Recreation
- Three Days Backpacking with a Hammock at Hercules Glades Wilderness – My first backpacking trip with a hammock. March.
- Pees Hollow Backpacking Trip, April.
- Solo Backpacking at Piney Creek Wilderness, April.
- Pees Hollow, Counter-clockwise For a Change, May.
- Another Trip to Hercules Glades, May.
- Three Days Summer Backpacking at Piney Creek Wilderness, July.
- 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Backpacking Trip, August.
- Hercules Glades Backpacking, November.
Events
- Lanie’s lead role in The Bottom of Lake Missoula.
- My eldest son’s wedding.
- Total Solar Eclipse.
Travel
Recreation
Events
Vacations & Road Trips
Events
- Started working for The Diocese of West Missouri.
- Our first grandchild is born.
- Lanie as Cleopatra in The Addams Family.
- Lanie as Morticia in The Addams Family.
Travel
Events
- Sam & Kat’s wedding.
- My youngest son’s wedding.
- Lanie in The Little Mermaid.
Travel
Recreation
Travel
Recreation
- Two nights at Bell Mountain Wilderness, March.
- Piney Creek one-night trip with Lanie, April.
- First solo camping trip, two nights camped in Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area, June.
- Camping at Big Bay Campground, August.
- Three-day backpacking trip to Hercules Glades, September.
Events
Travel
Recreation
Events
- May:
- Our first camping trip.
- August:
- December:
- Our first wilderness hike.
- Our first Backpacking trip.
Recreation
2000s
Events
Events
Travel
- UK, Road trip: East Coast and old haunts.
- US, Missouri & Arkansas. Ginger and Gary meet in person for the first time.
- US, Thanksgiving
- US, Christmas and New Year.
1990s
Events
- Tried my hand at drawing.
- Won an award.
- Changed Jobs.
- Bought a house in Nettlestone Road.
- My mother died.
1980s
Events
- Bought my first sailboat
- Gary and Elaine get married.
- Changed jobs.
- Our two sons born.
- Bought my second sailboat.
- My father died.
- Started my first business.
1970s
Events
- O levels and finished school at Hadham Hall.
- Moved back to Portsmouth.
- Went to college.
- A Levels.
- Started my first real job at Portsmouth Polytechnic.
- Bought a house in Hunter Road.
- More college!
- Gary and Jayne got engaged.
- Gary and Jayne split up.
1950s
Events
- My parents get married.
- I arrive on the scene.
- We move from Portsmouth to Hertfordshire.