5th August: Finished the Shed!
It’s taken a long time but I finally finished painting the shed river frontage! Having finished the right-hand side, which is exposed to the elements,...
Category: Aug-Dec: “Still ashore”
At the start of August I’d still not put the sails on Seatern. Probably over cautious but I was using my self-imposed continuation of the first lockdown to do one or two jobs, like painting the shed, that I’d previously been dreading! The UK went back into lockdown in November. My time went on Coastwatch support and documenting some of my past travels!
6th August: Mullet in the river
Another period of hot weather is starting and I caught the ebbing tide for a late afternoon swim. Drying myself on the jetty I was...
Inshore currents off Lepe Country Park
(This is a copy of a post I wrote for the NCI Calshot Tower “Blog”.) The photo shows a family standing at the water’s edge...
18th September: Painted French doors
Having finished the desperately overdue task of painting the riverside windows of the shed, I was conscious that the living room French doors needed attention....
18th October: Paddle Boarders Incident
I was acting as “Buddy” at the Stone Point Coastwatch station on Sunday, 18th October 2020, as two paddle boarders set off from Lepe Beach...
21st November: Wind Surf Board Incident!
At about 1400 one of the Lepe Country Park rangers visited the NCI Stone Point station to say that while he’d been down at the...
And the rest of 2020…?
Looking at my “Diary Entries” and “About Seatern” it looks like I’ve lost interest in the world! Not true, so what have I been doing?...