13th Jan 2020: Boats demand Attention!
The house adjoining mine is let out so I experience a succession of neighbours. The previous occupant was a young French man who acquired a...
2020 turned out to be the year of Covid-19. Seatern stayed at the jetty all year and I stayed at home for much of the time! During the first lock-down even the NCI Stations closed. In the summer we reopened and people flocked to the coast. But by the end of the year I was hoping soon to be vaccinated, which at least would remove the risk of really serious illness.
Diary Entry / Jan-Feb: "Highs and Lows" / 2020
by Peter Taylor · Published 14/01/2020 · Last modified 18/02/2020
The house adjoining mine is let out so I experience a succession of neighbours. The previous occupant was a young French man who acquired a...
Diary Entry / 2020 / Jan-Feb: "Highs and Lows"
by Peter Taylor · Published 16/01/2020 · Last modified 05/05/2020
The first storm of the year, “Brendan” was a large, complex low pressure system which occupied much of the northwest Atlantic from Greenland to the...
Diary Entry / 2020 / Jan-Feb: "Highs and Lows"
by Peter Taylor · Published 18/01/2020 · Last modified 18/02/2020
Having been shocked by the erosion along Hurst Spit during my Christmas Day walk I thought I’d go and see how it had fared during...
Diary Entry / 2020 / Jan-Feb: "Highs and Lows"
by Peter Taylor · Published 19/01/2020 · Last modified 20/02/2020
One of the few calm days of the year so far. After we’d closed up the station, and taken the keys to the office, I...
NCI (2020) / NCI Watch-Keeping Summary
by Peter Taylor · Published 22/01/2020 · Last modified 27/07/2020
This is a summary record of my NCI watch keeping periods and other NCI activities during January to March 2020 kept for my own records. On...
At the start of the year I created a introductory page and underneath my Calendar cover image I wrote: “Let’s hope for more sailing in...
Diary Entry / 2020 / Jan-Feb: "Highs and Lows"
by Peter Taylor · Published 23/01/2020 · Last modified 23/02/2020
The Met Office forecast chart for 00Z on Monday 20th January showed an anticyclone over southern England. The central pressure of about 1050mb would be...
Diary Entry / 2020 / Jan-Feb: "Highs and Lows"
by Peter Taylor · Published 31/01/2020 · Last modified 17/02/2020
In assessing the tide height for the surge at around 02 gmt on the 15th January it was obvious that the Environment Agency’s Woolston Tide...
Diary Entry / 2020 / Jan-Feb: "Highs and Lows"
by Peter Taylor · Published 11/02/2020 · Last modified 24/02/2020
An amber warning for wind on Sunday, 9th February, was issued ahead of storm Ciara, the second named storm of the year. On the Friday,...
Diary Entry / Jan-Feb: "Highs and Lows" / 2020
by Peter Taylor · Published 14/02/2020 · Last modified 24/02/2020
I was curious to see what effect storm Ciara had had on Hurst spit. It turned out that the top of the spit was still...