20th April: Exbury Gardens and HMS Mastodon
I’ve joined the Friends of Exbury Gardens with the idea that it will encourage me to go there more often. On this day I was...
2023 / Diary Entry (2023) / April-May: Exbury and Lepe
by Peter Taylor · Published 24/04/2023 · Last modified 10/05/2023
I’ve joined the Friends of Exbury Gardens with the idea that it will encourage me to go there more often. On this day I was...
2023 / Diary Entry (2023) / April-May: Exbury and Lepe
by Peter Taylor · Published 26/04/2023 · Last modified 10/05/2023
Many years ago when I was first married and we were setting up a home we bought a cutlery set designed by David Mellor, this...
April-May: Exbury and Lepe / 2023 / Diary Entry (2023)
by Peter Taylor · Published 05/05/2023 · Last modified 13/06/2023
Was Exbury village moved from what is now known as “Lower Exbury” to its present location simply to improve the view from Exbury House?
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...
April-May: Exbury and Lepe / 2023 / Diary Entry (2023)
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...
2023 / Diary Entry (2023) / April-May: Exbury and Lepe
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...
Diary Entry (2023) / April-May: Exbury and Lepe / 2023
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...