2023: Any Sailing?
In 2022 I never managed to shake off the symptoms which I have attributed to having caught covid-19 in March of the year. Mainly getting...
Category: Diary Entry (2023)
5th January: Why I’m glad I left BT
Monday 5th December 2022: I phone BT and tell them I will be no longer using BT from the end of my contract, that is...
31st Jan: Art at Northam
If I walk into Southampton town centre I often go via Old Northam Road. It gives the impression that there has been an attempt to...
9th January: Goose Barnacles!
While on beach patrol from NCI Stone Point on the morning of Monday, 9th January, I came across a pallet wedged on the remains of...
11th March: WWII Hard at Lepe
An ex-Oceanography colleague had told me that part of Nevil Shute’s novel “Requiem for a Wren” is set in the Exbury and Lepe area. Reading...
5th March: Nest on the jetty
The weather has been foul and I hadn’t been out onto the jetty for a few days until 4th March. As I went out onto...
24th March: 19′ Shrimper in near gale!
Adapted from my post on the Calshot Blog : On the afternoon of Friday, 24th March I was doing a lone watch at NCI Stone...
2nd April: Lepe House Garden
Summer Time commenced on the 26th March and NCI Stone Point commenced a three watch routine with hours 09-12, 12-15, and 15-18. Initially at least...
9th April: Palais des Vaches and the Saltings
On 9th April I was once again booked for the first and last watchkeeping shifts of the day at NCI Stone Point. Between the shifts...
18th April: Ocean Business 2023
I had decided to go to the Ocean Business 2023 exhibition at the National Oceanography Centre partly because there was a talk on the Global...