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...
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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...
2021 – another Covid year!
It is already May and I’m just starting a diary entry for 2021… I’ve not been totally idle, but Seatern has stayed at the jetty...
NCI Watches: Jan – June 2021
This is a summary record of my NCI watch keeping periods and other NCI activities during January to June 2021 kept for my own records....
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?...
14th February: Erosion at Lepe
(based on my post on the NCI Calshot Blog) On the rare occasions when an east or southeasterly gale occurs, waves created out in the...
16th March: Mirage or Ocean Front?
(reprinted from my post on the NCI Calshot Tower “Blog”) NCI Calshot Tower watchkeeper Kenneth Burton spotted this photograph of a ship, apparently hovering in...