3rd May: Seal Sleeping off Lepe
On Sunday of a Bank Holiday weekend I was on watch at NCI Stone Point and for some time we watched a seal dozing in...
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15th May: Here comes Seascow?
While on watch at NCI Stone Point I happened to mention that I was thinking of getting hold of the rig from a Mirror dinghy...
May 2nd-19th: Beach Defences
The work on the beach defences east of “the end of the trees” continued through May. To make the breakwaters they are sinking 8 foot...
18th May: Wisteria at Exbury
It was our annual DFS assessment and I had to be at the RNLI station at Calshot for 12 noon. The 100 year old wisteria...
23rd May: Fawley Emergency Services Day
It was St Denys Carnival Day and I would have liked to be at home for that. However hot weather suggested that Lepe Country Park...
7th June: D-Day at Lepe
I was booked on the 1400-1730 watch at NCI Stone Point so went to Lepe early to watch the D-Day Service. I must admit that...