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?
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...
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...
April-May: Exbury and Lepe / 2023 / Diary Entry (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...