2022 – Back to “normal”?
My “Seatern Calendar 2022” cover page reflected two things: firstly that Photobox had changed their Calendar format, and secondly, that Seatern had at least left...
Category: 2022
9th January: Erosion at Lepe
For some time various bushes have been over-hanging the beach at Lepe as the cliff is eroded away. Amazingly, if it rains you sometimes see...
13th January: Frosty morning walk
A beautiful sunny day started with finding some frost crystals covering the moss on the jetty “railings” which are designed to stop Seatern’s standing rigging...
NCI Watches: January – June 2022
This is a summary record of my NCI watch keeping periods and other NCI activities during January to June 2022 kept for my own records.
20th January: Southampton Migrants Walk!
Searching the University web site I’d stumbled upon an interesting book: “Southampton’s Migrant Past and Present” and, having bought a copy, I decided to do...
7th February: Lepe Tree Planting
I was one of a group of NCI members who helped plant some 23 Corsican/Austrian pines (pinus nigra). It represented the first tranche of Phase...
18th February: Flood precautions
On the 30th November last year I opened up the cover to what I like to call the house’s bilge pump! In a flood it...
Storm Eunice: the Movie!
A video sequence of the River Itchen during Storm Eunice filmed from the relative “shelter” of the staging outside my shed.
18th February: Storm Eunice
For storm Eunice on 18th February 2022, a Flood Alert for a maximum water level of 5.37m had been issued by the Environment Agency and...
24th February: Boats at Northam Bridge
Walking to Chessel Bay I go over Northam Bridge. Downstream various assemblages of “river gypsy” boats are moored in the area between the bridge and...