March 16/17: Avoiding people!
After rumours in the Sunday papers that over 70’s were going to be put under “House arrest” it was announced on Monday (16th) that we...
Diary Entry / 2020 / March-April: "Viral Times"
by Peter Taylor · Published 20/03/2020 · Last modified 21/11/2023
After rumours in the Sunday papers that over 70’s were going to be put under “House arrest” it was announced on Monday (16th) that we...
Monday 23rd March and I didn’t go walking in the park over the weekend since I thought it would be more crowded than during the...
Diary Entry / 2020 / March-April: "Viral Times"
by Peter Taylor · Published 31/03/2020 · Last modified 01/04/2020
After a winter of rain and mobile westerlies we are now under the influence of another intense anti-cyclone. But unlike the one in January this...
Diary Entry / 2020 / March-April: "Viral Times"
by Peter Taylor · Published 02/04/2020 · Last modified 07/04/2020
At about 1140 on April 1st I was busy self-isolating by sitting on the jetty with a cup of tea. It was a sunny morning...
Diary Entry / 2020 / March-April: "Viral Times" / Covid-19
by Peter Taylor · Published 07/04/2020 · Last modified 18/06/2020
So it’s Monday, 6th April, and the Covid-19 virus has us in “lockdown”. We are urged to stay at home but are allowed to leave...
Diary Entry / 2020 / March-April: "Viral Times"
by Peter Taylor · Published 11/04/2020 · Last modified 16/04/2020
The concept of “Chart Datum” is fundamental to understanding the depths on charts or interpreting tide tables and yet in the lectures to trainee NCI...
2020 / March-April: "Viral Times" / About Seatern
by Peter Taylor · Published 12/04/2020 · Last modified 13/04/2020
The exposed wood on Seatern – Toe rail, rubbing strake, cockpit grating, cockpit seats, etc – is teak which I’ve left in it’s “natural” state....
2020 / March-April: "Viral Times" / About Seatern
by Peter Taylor · Published 16/04/2020 · Last modified 25/04/2020
I was contacted by someone thinking about choosing a BC20 who asked, amongst other questions, where one could site a portable toilet. On Seatern the...
Diary Entry / 2020 / March-April: "Viral Times"
by Peter Taylor · Published 25/04/2020 · Last modified 15/11/2022
So I started work cleaning Seatern’s teak on the 9th April, a Thursday, by lifting and treating the cockpit grating and the starboard side toe...
2020 / March-April: "Viral Times" / About Seatern
by Peter Taylor · Published 26/04/2020 · Last modified 05/05/2020
Reversing the fender board turned out to be harder work than I’d anticipated so what with doing the NCI Calshot weekly news bulletin (which takes...