I subscribe to the magazine Webuser and it must have saved me a fortune in costs over the years. Those people who know me well know that I rarely spend money on software. There is lots of free software on the net which is excellent. Why am I burbling about software? For the first time ever I am writing the Blog offline using Windows Live Writer (free of course). This software was mentioned in Webuser so I have to practice with it. Apparently I can insert photos, video, tables, hyperlinks etc. all offline. So here goes.
I am leading a ramble starting at Fritham, in the middle of the New Forest, and I needed to walk it beforehand. I persuaded Sue, with the promise of a lunch at the Royal Oak, to come.
Sue and Bailey (next door's dog) standing by the old post box for the Schultze Gunpowder Factory, which operated for about fifty years in Fritham. The factory was based at Eyeworth Lodge, just down the hill.
Although gunpowder for sporting guns had been made at Eyeworth from 1859. It wasn't until Edward Schultze, an artillery captain in the Prussian Army, took over the factory in 1869 and made the first successful smokeless powder that large scale production commenced. At its height the complex comprised some 60 to 70 buildings and employed around a hundred people.
The most substantial relic of the factory is Eyeworth Pond, created in 1871 to provide water for the works.
Bailey by the pond.
The walk we did was about 5 miles and the pub lunch was half way round. It was excellent.
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