October: Photos from walks
Some photos taken during short walks… 6th October 2021- Flowering plants: While I was having the car serviced and MOT’d at Everton Garage I walked...
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31st October: Fawley Chimney demolished
With roads in the area scheduled to be closed, the morning watch arrived early at Calshot Tower on the morning of 31st October to see,...
Why do Rainbows curve?
On Monday 25th October the watchkeeper at NCI Stone Point looked behind the station and saw this rainbow with a weaker secondary rainbow above it....
3rd Nov: End of season jobs
This year I took the sails off Seatern for the winter on 23rd October. It seemed early but there were various factors. The chief reason...
12th Nov: Where’s the chimney?
At around 0700 on the 31st October 2021 they demolished the 650 foot Fawley Power Station chimney. It had long been a landmark visible from...
12th November: Unusual Incident
On Friday 12th November the morning watch at NCI Stone Point spotted a small twin bilge keel yacht on the beach at the Beaulieu River...
22nd Nov: Round Chessel Bay
Having discovered that Chessel Bay was an easy, pleasant walk from home, I was intrigued to find out it it were possible to walk right...
November: Photos from walks
Some photos taken during short “exercise” walks during November. On the 4th November there were signs along the walkway towards town that a recent high...
14th December: Autonomous Survey vessel
While watch keeping at Stone Point we saw the entrance to Beaulieu River being surveyed by the survey vessel Rebel Anchorman using an unmanned surface...
7th December: Storm Barra
At 1411 gmt on Monday 6th December the Environment Agency put out a Flood Alert for the 4.67m midday tide the following day for a...