7th May: Lepe Coronation Picnic
The Coronation of King Charles III was on Saturday 6th May so on the Sunday the Lepe Country Park invited people to picnic on the...
The Coronation of King Charles III was on Saturday 6th May so on the Sunday the Lepe Country Park invited people to picnic on the...
2023 / Diary Entry (2023) / April-May: Exbury and Lepe
by Peter Taylor · Published 11/05/2023 · Last modified 17/05/2023
Photos taken in Exbury Gardens, mainly during my visit on 3rd of May, but also a subsequent visit on 10th May with friends. It was rhododendron time!
2023 / Diary Entry (2023) / NCI (2023) / April-May: Exbury and Lepe
by Peter Taylor · Published 17/05/2023
As part of the training regime for watchkeepers at NCI Calshot Tower and NCI Stone Point our Public Relations officer, Nick Roe, has organised opportunities...
2023 / Diary Entry (2023) / April-May: Exbury and Lepe
by Peter Taylor · Published 22/05/2023 · Last modified 23/05/2023
I did something which I never normally do which was to sign up for a guided tour – in this case a “Rhododendron and Azalea”...
2023 / Diary Entry (2023) / April-May: Exbury and Lepe
by Peter Taylor · Published 28/05/2023 · Last modified 07/06/2023
The Myth of Malham race is from Cowes to the Eddystone Lighthouse and back to the Needles Fairway. It is considered by some to be...
April-May: Exbury and Lepe / 2023 / Diary Entry (2023)
by Peter Taylor · Published 28/05/2023 · Last modified 07/06/2023
At the time of the first Ordnance Survey in about 1811, Exbury village was still mainly at what is now Lower Exbury. What we now...
2023 / Diary Entry (2023) / April-May: Exbury and Lepe
by Peter Taylor · Published 01/06/2023 · Last modified 10/06/2023
On watch at NCI Stone Point we see a wide range of vessel types. Here is a small sample of some of them: The Clipper...
2023 / Diary Entry (2023) / June: Yachts from the past
by Peter Taylor · Published 05/06/2023 · Last modified 28/08/2023
During part of the D-Day Memorial Event on the 4th June in Lepe Country Park we had a rock group playing outside the NCI Stone...
2023 / Diary Entry (2023) / June: Yachts from the past
by Peter Taylor · Published 06/06/2023 · Last modified 28/08/2023
It seems silly writing a post about buying a new brush to scrub my back, but it is a once in decades event! The previous...
2023 / Diary Entry (2023) / June: Yachts from the past
by Peter Taylor · Published 10/06/2023 · Last modified 28/08/2023
During the “Rhododendron Walk” we were shown the layered oriental plane tree which has been nicknamed the “wiggly tree” for obvious reasons. Somehow I’d missed...