26th April: Lepe Beach Defences
On a Beach Walk from NCI Stone Point on 17th April it was not possible to access the Country Park’s D-Day remains due to work...
Author: Peter Taylor
27th April: Jetty final touches!
While the main jetty rebuild was finished towards the end of March there were still bits for me to finish off. I refastened the old...
28th April: Exbury Gardens
We are struggling to fill the rota at NCI Stone Point. I ended up doing 1st and last shifts on Tuesday, 28th April, going to...
3rd May: Seal Sleeping off Lepe
On Sunday of a Bank Holiday weekend I was on watch at NCI Stone Point and for some time we watched a seal dozing in...
15th May: Here comes Seascow?
While on watch at NCI Stone Point I happened to mention that I was thinking of getting hold of the rig from a Mirror dinghy...
May 2nd-19th: Beach Defences
The work on the beach defences east of “the end of the trees” continued through May. To make the breakwaters they are sinking 8 foot...
18th May: Wisteria at Exbury
It was our annual DFS assessment and I had to be at the RNLI station at Calshot for 12 noon. The 100 year old wisteria...
23rd May: Fawley Emergency Services Day
It was St Denys Carnival Day and I would have liked to be at home for that. However hot weather suggested that Lepe Country Park...
7th June: D-Day at Lepe
I was booked on the 1400-1730 watch at NCI Stone Point so went to Lepe early to watch the D-Day Service. I must admit that...