Wigeon at Appuldram

At least the heavy overnight rain had stopped when we went out but a chill wind was blowing from the north, a lazy wind, one that didn’t go around but straight through you. Naturally the floods and standing water that had started to drain away were as bad as ever; the thick, viscous mud was […]

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Low Tide at Emsworth

More bright blue skies but definitely colder, there was a sharp frost this morning; fortunately the showers forecast stayed away. It’s a couple of hours after low water so ideal for a short walk around the western side of Emsworth to Warblington and back; the first time for quite a while. It’s busy with lots […]

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Blue Skies at Last!

Just for a change, sunshine and showers were forecast following the downpour yesterday. When we arrived at Ichenor the sun was out and we had a brilliant blue sky, so uplifting after so much wet and windy weather. The harbour was colourful instead of grey and more signs of spring, some of the mud berths […]

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Remaining Bleak at Copperas

The wind hasn’t dropped, it’s still 25-30 knots and there’s regular light showers at the moment with worse to come later in the day. Even snow in the north, the flooded areas are getting no respite with over 100 still outstanding. We’re the only ones at Dell Quay, walking along the flooded lane with the […]

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Stormy Times again at Wittering

It’s Sunday and the last day of the half term holiday; yet again the forecast is for wet and windy weather. This didn’t stop lots of families going down to West Wittering to see some rough seas; they were not disappointed with some waves braking right over the sandbank and drenching those in the car […]

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Colour Breaking Through the Grey

It’s a drizzly day with winds that are gusting gale force, just right for a bracing walk around Chidham. The first impression is of the daffodils, so many have come out now that the grey backdrop is regularly relived by vivid splashes of yellow. There’s still many more to come, all we need now is […]

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Life Returns

Eventually the rain stopped but it’s impact was considerable, more floods and as you can see here the usually dry path to the Church was over four inches deep. Unfortunately during the rain some evil person broke into Mrs Yellow Boots car, not that there was much to steal. She’d had enough to contend with […]

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The Empty Harbour

Yet again the forecast is for a months rain in two days, the worst of it in the North. In an interval between downpour we ventured out to the Harbour at Nutbourne to see what was happening. On the splashes to the west of the path were plenty of ducks making a cacophony of noise. […]

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Floods Around Copperas

The rain may have stopped for a while but the forecast is for more to come as even more depressions sweep in along an especially strong Jetstream. Extensive flooding across the country is mirrored here with roads flooded and many fields waterlogged. The ground has been saturated for some time now so the rain just […]

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