Cowes Day 3: Calm in the morning
On Monday 1st July I arrived at Lepe in the morning to photograph the racing before going on watch at NCI Stone Point in the...
2022 / Photo Gallery (2022) / July-Sept:"Long Covid?"
by Peter Taylor · Published 19/08/2022 · Last modified 22/08/2022
On Monday 1st July I arrived at Lepe in the morning to photograph the racing before going on watch at NCI Stone Point in the...
2022 / Photo Gallery (2022) / July-Sept:"Long Covid?"
by Peter Taylor · Published 20/08/2022 · Last modified 22/08/2022
After the calm and sunshine of Monday, the weather on Tuesday 2nd August was a return to overcast conditions. However there was a good breeze...
By Wednesday 3rd August I was getting fed up with photographing the larger racing yachts with their ugly black sails! If my memory is correct,...
2022 / Diary Entry (2022) / July-Sept:"Long Covid?"
by Peter Taylor · Published 07/09/2022 · Last modified 14/09/2022
As a child I’d been on holiday on the Isle of Wight at least once and can remember going to the Cowes fireworks. In those...
Photos taken during a walk from Cowes to Gurnard Marsh and beyond. See the post “Walking to Gurnard” for an explanation and index.
On the 31st August I went to the Isle of Wight with the intention of walking from Cowes to Gurnard and possibly beyond. Since my...
2022 / NCI (2022) / Diary Entry (2022) / July-Sept:"Long Covid?"
by Peter Taylor · Published 16/09/2022 · Last modified 17/11/2022
On Saturday 10th September I was on watch at NCI Stone Point in Lepe Country Park. From the Park shore many people launch kayaks and...
2022 / Diary Entry (2022) / July-Sept:"Long Covid?"
by Peter Taylor · Published 18/09/2022 · Last modified 05/10/2022
How not to go about getting your watch battery replaced by Apple thanks to their convoluted customer service arrangements and a mysterious random price jump… in the end I got a new watch with new battery, but what an effort!
2022 / Diary Entry (2022) / July-Sept:"Long Covid?"
by Peter Taylor · Published 22/09/2022 · Last modified 27/09/2022
This year I was going to help staff the NCI stand at the Boat Show on Monday 19th September but that turned out to be...
2022 / Diary Entry (2022) / July-Sept:"Long Covid?"
by Peter Taylor · Published 25/09/2022 · Last modified 15/04/2023
We see various “old Gaffers” while on watch at NCI Stone Point, but the 24th September was special with Jolie Brise being driven hard, the...