Teal and Winter Flowers

 The forecast is for a rather rainy day but it’s Sunday so we pull on our leggings and set off for Ellanore. It’s a bit later than usual so the tide is just as high as yesterday, the waves are breaking over the dunes at East Head and the wind surfers are out. There’s a […]

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Kingfishers at High Water

 I should have checked the tide times, ridiculous not too.  I’d intended to take the short walk around Chidham but on passing the Bosham arm of the harbour it was clear that would be out of the question. Reading the tide table confirmed that not only was High water in ten minutes time but it […]

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Brent Invasion

 Only time for a quick walk today, around Dell Quay to Copperas and back. It’s overcast with the odd patch of drizzle, the temperature may have climbed up to 8 degrees but it doesn’t feel like it. It’s damp and muddy, Bonnie is delighted to run free when we leave the road and head into […]

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What a Difference a Degree Makes

 The display showed a temperature of one degree this morning, a degree more than yesterday but enough to make a huge difference. There was little frost about, it felt damp rather than dry, certainly it felt much warmer than yesterday. In fairness it was clear that the temperature had not dropped so low during the […]

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The Freeze

 We’ve had really stormy weather over the weekend and there’s more to come later in the week but in between there’s a brief period of high pressure bringing northerly winds. Naturally that means it’s colder than usual but only just below freezing at night; this morning it was zero degrees when we went out. Strangely […]

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Whitehouse Farm Revisited

 The car is at the repairers so Bonnie has to put up with a local walk today, along the Centurion Way to Whitehouse Farm. The weather could not be more different to yesterday due to a short lived ridge of high pressure. We have perfect visibility, bright blue sky but a chilly northerly breeze that […]

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