March 3rd: Riverside Park Geese
On Saturday 29th February (Leap Day) I spent the morning at St Denys Church Hall in a Discussion Meeting about making St Denys an “Active-Travel...
Category: March-April: “Viral Times”
March has seen life suddenly become dominated by the Covid-19 virus which looks like being with us for the foreseeable future.
March 11/12: More high High Tides
Continued unsettled weather coupled with high spring tides has resulted in Environment Agency flood alerts on both the 11th and 12th March. On the 11th...
14th March: Model Boat Show Cancelled
Each year during March the Solent Radio Controlled Model Boat Club holds its “Highcliffe Show” in aid of charity. The first was held in 1988...
March 16/17: Avoiding people!
After rumours in the Sunday papers that over 70’s were going to be put under “House arrest” it was announced on Monday (16th) that we...
23rd March: Fix the Pontoon Moorings
Monday 23rd March and I didn’t go walking in the park over the weekend since I thought it would be more crowded than during the...
31st March: Atmospheric Tides
After a winter of rain and mobile westerlies we are now under the influence of another intense anti-cyclone. But unlike the one in January this...
1st April: Fools Day Cloud?
At about 1140 on April 1st I was busy self-isolating by sitting on the jetty with a cup of tea. It was a sunny morning...
6th April: Virus Update
So it’s Monday, 6th April, and the Covid-19 virus has us in “lockdown”. We are urged to stay at home but are allowed to leave...
9th April: In search of Chart Datum
The concept of “Chart Datum” is fundamental to understanding the depths on charts or interpreting tide tables and yet in the lectures to trainee NCI...
9th April (onwards!): Boracol’ing Seatern
The exposed wood on Seatern – Toe rail, rubbing strake, cockpit grating, cockpit seats, etc – is teak which I’ve left in it’s “natural” state....