27th Feb: Jetty Rebuild – Week 1
During a social evening I half jokingly asked a neighbour, Mark who is a builder, if he would like to rebuild my jetty. Somewhat to...
Jan-April: A rainy start / Diary Entry (2026)
by Peter Taylor · Published 01/03/2026 · Last modified 03/04/2026
During a social evening I half jokingly asked a neighbour, Mark who is a builder, if he would like to rebuild my jetty. Somewhat to...
Jan-April: A rainy start / Diary Entry (2026)
by Peter Taylor · Published 06/03/2026 · Last modified 28/03/2026
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...
Jan-April: A rainy start / Diary Entry (2026)
by Peter Taylor · Published 06/03/2026 · Last modified 03/04/2026
(Week 2: 2nd to 6th March) Mark did not want to lay the boards for the first section of the jetty rebuild since there were...
Jan-April: A rainy start / Diary Entry (2026)
by Peter Taylor · Published 11/03/2026 · Last modified 31/03/2026
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...
Diary Entry (2026) / Jan-April: A rainy start
by Peter Taylor · Published 13/03/2026 · Last modified 03/04/2026
(Week 3: 9th to 14th March) With Seatern having gone to Germany the river end of the jetty was now fully accessible, and even more...
Jan-April: A rainy start / Diary Entry (2026)
by Peter Taylor · Published 20/03/2026 · Last modified 03/04/2026
I visited Exbury again on Thursday 29th March mainly to see the Lachenalia and Orchid exhibition in the Five Arrows gallery which I had missed...
Jan-April: A rainy start / Diary Entry (2026)
by Peter Taylor · Published 21/03/2026 · Last modified 31/03/2026
According to the Local Notice to Mariners during the Head of the River Race there was going to be around 130 rowing skiffs racing from...
Jan-April: A rainy start / Diary Entry (2026)
by Peter Taylor · Published 30/03/2026 · Last modified 03/04/2026
(Week 4: 16th to 21st March) With all the new uprights in place the river end of the jetty could be demolished. When the wooden...