Having returned from a few days away in Cowes it’s pleasant to see the harbour again so it’s a quick walk around Fishbourne Meadows. It’s just about low water and close to springs so there’s hardly any water in the channel and all the yachts are high and dry on the mud. Fortunately the weather […]
Whilst spending a few days at Cowes we went for two fairly lengthy walks, first around Gurnard Bay and then to Newport and back. We’d been lucky with the weather – bright sunshine so it was sunglasses rather than thermals that were needed. The views down the western end of the Solent from Gurnard are […]
At long last after 60+ knot winds and torrential rain the weather is settling down due to a spell of high pressure that should extend into next week. It’s still a bit windy with much lower temperatures than we’ve been used to; distinctly autumnal in feel. It’s also high tide so we set off to […]
On walking out by the Nutbourne Outfall not much seemed to have changed apart from the weather that had moderated, just a bit, after the gales and rain of yesterday. In the bay were about 50 Canada Geese that can returned once more to this spot. Clearly they seemed to like it and felt safe […]
After the rains, wind, lots of it is forecast for today, between 40 and 50 knots. Hoping to dodge the showers we set off for Lavant to walk out to near the Trundle and back along Chalk Pit Lane. Possibly due the wind there were few birds about, a few pigeons here and there. In […]
Yesterday the rain was torrential all day, as forecast maybe but still unusually heavy for any time of the year, especially Summer. Today it was better, cloudy early on, but clearing for the rest of the day. We decided to walk around Nutbourne and Prinstead to have a glimpse of the harbour which would be […]
It’s still very variable weather wise with plenty of storm cells moving about the South of England but a walk around Thorney Island is tempting so we chance it. It proved risky, I had hoped to get to the south and be in a more protected area before the rain came in. In practice I’d […]
The forecast for today and beyond was not promising, lots of showers, some heavy at times. Nevertheless we went out to Dell Quay ready to take what ever the weather threw at us. The start was promising with some sunshine but the lane soon showed how much water had fallen over the past night, it […]
The hot period has come to an end but there’s still lots of moisture about so it’s cloudy with patches of drizzle. It’s also just about high tide, although it’s neaps so only reaching 3.8m at East head where we set off. With travel restrictions and France just being put on the no go list […]
It’s still well over 30 degrees during the day and now has been declared the longest period of high temperatures since 1976. It’s still forecast to go on for at least another day so will break many records. There have been thunder storms to the north in Britain causing no end of problems, they’re forecast […]