tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post7413446434211697585..comments2024-03-27T13:34:10.184+00:00Comments on NORTH DOWNS & BEYOND: So why carry on?Steve Galehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-31953937185319703072020-06-24T12:30:07.841+01:002020-06-24T12:30:07.841+01:00Note-taking and record-keeping is very personal. E...Note-taking and record-keeping is very personal. Each of us will have his or her own chosen methods. The modern-day challenge is deciding what information is worth sharing and how best to do that.Mark Braveryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06550713487949300192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-44024299202848456452020-06-13T16:59:33.388+01:002020-06-13T16:59:33.388+01:00Stewart - if I find one I’ll let you know.
Seamus...Stewart - if I find one I’ll let you know.<br /><br />Seamus - I have a small field notebook that I then transfer into a large ‘posh’ version. It is the latter that I am fretting about. These contain long-handed notes, narrative, thoughts, embellishments etc. I used to enjoy writing them up, but not so much now, but it seems a shame to just stop. Hence my deliberating!Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-60542824688780408782020-06-13T15:29:54.374+01:002020-06-13T15:29:54.374+01:00Hello Steve, I agree with everything you say and h...Hello Steve, I agree with everything you say and have a similar dilemma re my old notebooks. However, I do view my notebook as a tool as essential as my optics! In fact if I was going out in to the field, I would rather forget my optics than my notebook. Of course I'd rather not be without either!<br /><br />I view my notebook as the instrument that records my sightings and then carries them to my blog, Birdtrack, Trektellen etc. I wouldn't be without it. But I suppose when tbey have done all that, they are redundant, but they have served a purpose, and to me an important purpose. <br /><br />I also get buge pleasure from looking at old editions, and even recent notebooks will become old in time and have nostalgia value.<br /><br />What will happen to them when I 'm gone I'm not sure. I am involved with the records centre here in Lancs and we do get volunteers to enter the sightings from Naturalists wbo haved passed away, particularly if there is a long data set.<br /><br />Cheers, SeumusFleetwood Bird Observatoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09618126367011059208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-1478007870776715582020-06-12T15:36:53.614+01:002020-06-12T15:36:53.614+01:00Steve for years I have hunted for a large bound bo...Steve for years I have hunted for a large bound book like the old one that was in the George at Cley back in the day but cannot find one anywhere. Have you any ideas where to get one?Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985665182124985194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-59872942108953323752020-06-12T12:07:25.647+01:002020-06-12T12:07:25.647+01:00Ric - sadly, you speak much truth
Paul - a day tr...Ric - sadly, you speak much truth<br /><br />Paul - a day trip to Dungeness is months away I’m afraid<br /><br />Gav - tell me more...Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-35166605882305391862020-06-12T09:25:26.732+01:002020-06-12T09:25:26.732+01:00Well, some people do turn their journals, diaries ...Well, some people do turn their journals, diaries etc into fascinating single-volume books. A project to consider perhaps? Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-12977440003180156702020-06-12T08:08:32.643+01:002020-06-12T08:08:32.643+01:00Hi Steve, funny you broached this subject, but onl...Hi Steve, funny you broached this subject, but only last week I was pontificating over a similar conundrum in our old study where two shelves of a large bookcase are loaded down with my old bird logs dating back to 1967! It was good to pull out a few at random and delve back into the past, but who indeed is going to want them when I`m gone? All the relevant records have been passed to county recorders over the years, so that historical angle is covered, and I cant see the worth in forwarding them onto somewhere such as the Edward Grey library at Oxford or Tring Museum, even if they wanted them. So, there they stand, gathering dust and mildew, awaiting their fate; as Ric says, probably in the skip. Its a bit sad really, so if you do come up with a solution I`ll pleased to hear it! All the best, and hope to see you down here at Dunge this autumn, Paul.Paul Troddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532050770282573211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-40431880478201819042020-06-12T05:48:53.008+01:002020-06-12T05:48:53.008+01:00Steve, I've kept notes, references and one lin...Steve, I've kept notes, references and one liners of one sort or another for all sorts of activities since 1975. I still have them. They sit there gathering dust as their contents become ever more meaningless.<br />Their function as a learning process is done. Their purpose to document history is almost irrelevant. No one will ever read them except as a quick glance before throwing them into a skip once I'm gone. Shame, but that's their future.Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714117508358025668noreply@blogger.com