2nd April: Coxed Fours on River Itchen
On 2nd April I happened to look out of my bedroom window and saw a coxed rowing four paddling up the river towards Woodmill… followed...
Category: April-June: “Recovering from Covid”
29th April: Walk after Covid-19
Once I was clear of covid and tested negative I did a watch at Stone Point on the 16th April. It was 2½ weeks after...
1st May: Round the Island – very fast
On Sunday 1st May I went out to Lepe Country Park early to try to photograph the power boat Round the Island Race. Unfortunately the...
12th May: Third Pontoon mooring cleat
While I was on duty at the National Coastwatch stand at the Southampton Boat Show last September I took the opportunity to order a third...
20th May: Trailer has been stolen!
On Thursday 19th May the postman once again delivered a letter for 84 Ivy Road. Walking back after delivering it at the correct address I...
23rd May: Effects of Covid
Although when I had covid at the start of April it only seemed like a cold/cough, I’m still feeling the after effects. My legs feel...
24th May: Stone Point Weather Station
When the temporary National Coastwatch station was sited at Stone Point in Lepe Country Park I advised against having a weather station attached to it...
26th May: Palais des Vaches
Having set up the weather station on the new NCI Stone Point station on Tuesday, I was out there again on the Thursday, 26th May,...
May 2021: Itchen Boat Clearance
I have been living next to the tidal section of the River Itchen since 1996 and there has always been “River Gypsies” living on boats,...
15th June: Lower Exbury History (2)
I suggest that some of the ground undulations at Exbury may represent an earlier, larger medieval village.