The worst of Storm Dennis had passed during the night but 50 kn winds had been forecast and the unusual step of cancelling the clay shoot at Nunnington Farm had been taken. Just as well as so many of the roads were flooded and the rain was still quite heavy. To see what we’d missed […]
There had been heavy rain during the night but there was a short break in the weather before the main part of Storm Dennis would strike later in the afternoon. Low tide and lots to do so the short walk around Bosham Hoe was in order. Walking through the fields this glorious patch of snowdrops […]
The showers following Storm Ciara had been heavy and the forecast for the following two days was for Storm Dennis, the good news was that the wind was only going to be 60 knots. The bad news was that the ground was so saturated that already there were many areas of standing water, especially the […]
The storm was now well over the North Sea, blue skies above, the sun was shining on the acres of mud exposed by the low tide. It had been a full moon the night before, apparently it’s called a snow moon as it’s that time of year. Whatever it’s name it caused some exceptional spring […]
Storm Ciara proved to be as dangerous as was forecast covering the whole country in torrential rain accompanied by winds of 90+mph. This was meant to be a once in a century storm but we seem to have had another just like it a couple of months ago; with similar strength winds off the Needles. […]
Not very nice weather, it’s started to get wet and windy but not to the forecast storm force yet. Dell Quay is grey but not so wet that we can’t walk down to Copperas and back.The Little Egrets are sitting together in the field by the farm again, they seem to like it there. It’s […]
Bright blue skies again but not for long as very strong winds have been forecast for the weekend, up to 90 miles per hour. For now, it’s fine with hardly any wind, and just coming up to high water at Chidham. Walking along the fields to the harbour there’s at least one crop that seems […]
Just when we thought we’d had enough of the rain much more was forecast for the weekend, however the next day or two were going to be fine. All the paths around the harbour were sodden so had been converted into mud baths by trampling feet. Around the edge of the lagoon in the shadow […]
Heavy rain (again) but at least it fell over night and now, in the morning, a brilliant blue sky and a chill wind to prompt a brisk walk. On arrival we were greeted by a true chorus – lots of vibrant birdsong in the car park and around the Church. Difficult to pick out them […]
Off to Maidenhead and a walk around the Green way today, a rather nondescript grey day but at least it wasn’t raining. The little nature reserve seemed to be distinctly drab and lifeless, very little birdsong and hardly any colour worth mentioning. Made me thankful that we’d moved to Chichester. The pond in the Dell […]