1st Jan: 2026 Calendar
In recent years my annual calendar has used photos taken while on watch at NCI Stone Point, but for 2026 I was also able to...
Category: Diary Entry (2026)
8th/9th Jan.: Storm Goretti
(This is partly based on a post on the NCI Calshot Blog) Over the night of 8th/9th January storm “Goretti” was accompanied by Met Office...
10th Jan.: New NCI “Blog”
At the end of last year, as my arm pain was getting less, and the start of this year I spent quite a bit of...
29th Jan: PLP testing
Members of our revived St Denys Flood Action Group have been testing the Property level Protection measures installed around 10 years ago under the Belsize...
31st Jan: AIS alert at Stone Point
At about 16:00 I was driving back from giving a neighbour a lift to St Mary’s when my phone rang. Since I was driving I...
11th Feb: St Barbe Gallery
The old, ex-Seatern, Nasa Marine battery monitor was no longer working and a new one was needed for the new 12V panel at NCI Stone...
26th Feb: D-Day remains exposed
I had to go to Stone Point due to a report of equipment failure which turned out to be a false alarm so I went...
27th Feb: Jetty Rebuild – Week 1
During a social evening I half jokingly asked a neighbour, Mark, if he would like to rebuild my jetty. To my surprise he was interested...
6th March: Look no Seatern!
I offered Seatern for sale in April 2025 using Swallow Yachts as brokers, and throughout the summer various people came to view Seatern, some more...
10th March: Exbury Gardens are Open
Exbury Gardens actually opened on the 1st March for members only during the first week. However the bad weather combined with Seatern being collected on...