14th January 2019: Photo Album
Photos taken during a walk from above Chapman’s Pool around St Alban’s Head and back via Winspit.
Photo Album 2019 / 2019 / Jan-Feb: mild, damp, hot!
by Peter Taylor · Published 18/01/2019 · Last modified 15/02/2019
Photos taken during a walk from above Chapman’s Pool around St Alban’s Head and back via Winspit.
Diary Entry / 2019 / Jan-Feb: mild, damp, hot!
by Peter Taylor · Published 18/01/2019 · Last modified 15/02/2019
The start of 2019 has been dominated by various household chores – cleaning, sorting out finances, etc. – and the weather has been mild and...
Diary Entry / 2019 / Jan-Feb: mild, damp, hot!
by Peter Taylor · Published 25/01/2019 · Last modified 15/02/2019
A total eclipse of the moon occurred overnight with totality between 0440 and 0540. The weather forecast didn’t look promising but, as so often these...
Diary Entry / 2019 / Jan-Feb: mild, damp, hot! / NCI (2019)
by Peter Taylor · Published 30/01/2019 · Last modified 06/04/2019
Although parts of the Solent can get relatively rough at times, especially with wind against tide, the waters immediately in view of Calshot Tower are...
Jan-Feb: mild, damp, hot! / 2019 / NCI (2019)
by Peter Taylor · Published 05/02/2019 · Last modified 06/04/2019
For some time I’ve been concerned that “Calm (glassy)” or “Calm (rippled)” has been used in the NCI Calshot hourly weather observations when the actual...
A mild Valentine’s Day so I drove over to Hill Head, had lunch outside at the Titchfield Haven Nature Reserve cafe and then walked along...
On the morning of Sunday 17th March winds were force 5 to 6 west to west-northwest. During the 11 to 14 hours watch at Calshot...
2019 / NCI (2019) / March-April: Windy at first
by Peter Taylor · Published 06/04/2019 · Last modified 29/12/2022
The 18 foot skiffs had their first race weekend of the 2019 season. Future events were scheduled for the weekends of 20th April, 11th May,...
It all started with a watchkeeper at NCI Calshot Tower remarking that he had found a good painter and decorator. I’ve been meaning to get...
Apparently it’s 70 years since the National Institute of Oceanography was founded (on 1st April 1949) and it happened that this year’s “Ocean Business” Conference...