There’s been a frost during the night, it’s still only 3 degrees now. This is the result of a cold sector that’s only going to last for a brief period between some nasty occluded fronts with lots of rain. We can only afford a brief visit to the Harbour so it’s a quick walk between […]
The wind and rain continues on but well to the north of us thankfully; the exceptionally high tides have caused some floods but nothing too dramatic for most of us. Today, in the south at least, it’s a grey day with only a slight risk of drizzle; not enough to put most walkers off. Their […]
Twenty Four little hours after the last walk I set off with Bonnie to ramble from East Head to Ellen Nore and back, what a different seascape! Admittedly it was a bit earlier but we were greeted by vast areas of mud with the channels snaking through, lined with Brent Geese. The stand that happens […]
This weekend has been characterised by strong winds and torrential rain, again! Earlier, the wind reached 60 knots in the midst of the squalls which had to be classed as tropical rather than typical British weather. This was combined with an exceptionally high spring tide, 5.3 meters. Not surprisingly there were flood warnings for Bosham […]
There’s a brief period of fine weather as a high pressure ridge sneaks in between two fronts bringing blue skies and light winds, but that’s not all that’s blue in an around Prinstead. First of all on the sea wall, near the Nutbourne outfall I saw a small bird sitting on a ledge that looked […]
In contrast to yesterday today is grey, no blue sky, no sunshine, just stillness and mistiness. It’s low tide so there’s the prospect of seeing some wildfowl even though it’s a neap tide. The field just passed the church has been thoroughly ploughed, so much for min till! Presumably this is to control the weeds […]
Having been away for over a week the changes around the harbour are quite noticeable; it’s becoming late autumn with a chilly, bare feel to it rather than the bright colours of the early part of the season. We went for the circular walk around Itchenor but as we’re now into the second lockdown the […]
Our previous two attempts at having a holiday had failed and this one nearly did as the lockdown was imposed on our first day in Modbury; fortunately we were able to stay the whole week in the end. This was just as well as the first four days were very windy and rainy but the […]
“There’s no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing” is the watchword today as we’re experiencing persistent rain and expect to do so for the Morning, if not longer. Having stocked up for some holiday supplies we set out for the nature reserve at Nutbourne. It was already high water so little of […]
As our trip to Devon is nearly upon us and a national lockdown is not likely just yet we’re in a holiday mood so a walk along the sands around East Head is called for. The weather is unpredictable, one minute it’s pleasant, the next rain is hammering down and the wind’s up. It’s close […]