July 15th: Longstock Water Gardens
Longstock Water Gardens are part of the John Lewis Leckford Estate (near Stockbridge SO20 6EH). They only open on Sundays in summer for Charity, and...
Diary Entry / 2018 / July: "RNLI and Swallow Raid"
by Peter Taylor · Published 19/07/2018 · Last modified 17/08/2018
Longstock Water Gardens are part of the John Lewis Leckford Estate (near Stockbridge SO20 6EH). They only open on Sundays in summer for Charity, and...
Diary Entry / 2018 / July: "RNLI and Swallow Raid"
by Peter Taylor · Published 26/07/2018 · Last modified 30/07/2018
The Davis Vantage Pro 2 weather station which supplies data for the “St Denys weather” pages on Seatern Diaries has become unreliable yet again. The system...
Diary Entry / 2018 / August: "started hot!"
by Peter Taylor · Published 08/08/2018 · Last modified 07/09/2018
Cowes Week started on the 4th so on the 5th I took my longest telephoto lens with me for the 12 – 16 hrs watch...
Diary Entry / 2018 / August: "started hot!"
by Peter Taylor · Published 30/08/2018 · Last modified 07/09/2018
Drove down to Worth Matravers today with friends Jon, Wendy, and Zoe and walked down to Seacombe ledge. In my postgraduate days at Southampton University...
Having sailed past Yarmouth a few times this year, I decided to take the ferry from Lymington and have a look at the coast from...
I was one of 6 Watchkeepers from NCI Calshot tower manning the NCI stand at the Southampton Boat Show. The NCI mobile display was much...
I made use of my “aged Southampton resident’s” free entry to the Boat Show to have a more leisurely wander around than was possible on...
The last few days of the Boat Show were marked by rain and lots of wind but then the following week, summer returned! On Wednesday...
October: "Summer's over" / Diary Entry / 2018
by Peter Taylor · Published 14/10/2018 · Last modified 20/10/2018
[photos from the day] My birthday, another year has gone! I’ve sailed past Seaview a few times and thought it looked interesting. The place doesn’t...
October: "Summer's over" / Diary Entry / 2018
by Peter Taylor · Published 16/10/2018 · Last modified 29/12/2022
The last time I went to Wimborne with friend, Zoe Shelley, it was too late in the autumn and the chained library in the Minster...