1st-2nd March: Beast from the East
Over the last day or two we’ve had an intense high over Scandinavia (1055mb!) resulting in a strong easterly flow over the UK and snow...
Over the last day or two we’ve had an intense high over Scandinavia (1055mb!) resulting in a strong easterly flow over the UK and snow...
Photos showing the snow fall on the first day of Spring, 2018!
Photos showing the day after the snow fall on the first day of Spring, 2018!
Diary Entry / 2018 / March-April: "Spring Snow?"
by Peter Taylor · Published 28/03/2018 · Last modified 29/03/2018
Just to prove it’s Spring it snowed again! Snow is fairly rare in Southampton which lies coastwards of the South Downs hills which run through...
Diary Entry / March-April: "Spring Snow?"
by Peter Taylor · Published 28/03/2018 · Last modified 29/03/2018
Photographs of the snow taken on a detour through the New Forest while driving home from being on watch at Calshot. The first set were...
March was wet with below average temperatures. It’s now April but the weather has hardly improved! On the 4th it was windy and rain squalls...
2018 / About Seatern / March-April: "Spring Snow?"
by Peter Taylor · Published 13/04/2018 · Last modified 22/02/2023
Towards the end of November last year I finally decided to order a new spinnaker with a top-down furling system. The hope is that it...
NCI (2018) / 2018 / March-April: "Spring Snow?"
by Peter Taylor · Published 16/04/2018 · Last modified 25/06/2018
Sunday 15th April was a grey day and the passage of an occluded front brought wind squalls and rain. On the 12-16 watch in Calshot...
2018 / About Seatern / March-April: "Spring Snow?"
by Peter Taylor · Published 18/04/2018 · Last modified 20/04/2018
The exposed woodwork on Seatern is untreated teak. In theory I should clean it and treat it with Boracol (a biocide for surface mould and...
Diary Entry / 2018 / March-April: "Spring Snow?"
by Peter Taylor · Published 20/04/2018 · Last modified 21/04/2018
Probably as a displacement activity to avoid cleaning the cockpit grating, on Thursday 19th I decided to walk along the coast from Lee-on-the-Solent. I had...