9th Oct: Car Service and St Barbe
Once again I celebrated my birthday by having the car serviced at Everton Garage where I originally bought it. Usually I walk down to Milford-on-Sea...
Author: Peter Taylor
1st Jan: 2026 Calendar
In recent years my annual calendar has used photos taken while on watch at NCI Stone Point, but for 2026 I was also able to...
8th/9th Jan.: Storm Goretti
(This is partly based on a post on the NCI Calshot Blog) Over the night of 8th/9th January storm “Goretti” was accompanied by Met Office...
10th Jan.: New NCI “Blog”
At the end of last year, as my arm pain was getting less, and the start of this year I spent quite a bit of...
NCI Watches: Jan – June 2026
This is a summary record of my NCI watch keeping periods and other NCI activities during january to June 2026 kept for my own records....
29th Jan: PLP testing
Members of our revived St Denys Flood Action Group have been testing the Property level Protection measures installed around 10 years ago under the Belsize...
31st Jan: AIS alert at Stone Point
At about 16:00 I was driving back from giving a neighbour a lift to St Mary’s when my phone rang. Since I was driving I...
2026: Land-bound!
At the start of 2026 Seatern was sold but still at my jetty, she finally departed for Germany on the 6th March. January and February...
11th Feb: St Barbe Gallery
The old, ex-Seatern, Nasa Marine battery monitor was no longer working and a new one was needed for the new 12V panel at NCI Stone...
26th Feb: D-Day remains exposed
I had to go to Stone Point due to a report of equipment failure which turned out to be a false alarm so I went...