The weather system associated with Storm Alex is to stay nearby for the whole weekend. After the ferocious winds of yesterday has come the rain, masses of it overnight and into the morning. This snap of the farm track is reminiscent of the conditions we had at the beginning of the year when it was […]
The French have named the vigorous depression that’s sweeping Southern England, Alex; not that it sounds very French. It’s forecast to bring 60mph winds this morning accompanied by heavy rain. Unusually the wind is easterly to start off with but forecast to back to the west later on as the weather system moves north. Friday […]
For quite a while we’ve had stable, fair weather due to relatively high pressure lingering over southern England. This is about to change with a string of vigorous depressions approaching that will bring wet and breezy weather for the next week or more. Winds of force six to eight are forecast together with persistent rain; […]
There’s time today for a longer walk, the Downs are beckoning so it’s off to the Trundle for the eight mile walk through West Dean over to Hylters Lane and back via Singleton. The wind hasn’t moderated much and it’s still from the north so it’s bracing to say the least but it’s dry with […]
There have been regular reports of Canada geese at the recently constructed coastal flood area at Medmerry so that’s where we’re off today for the first time in at least five years. It’s matured since the last visit and now has good car parks and well marked footpaths. It’s clearly popular with dog walkers and […]
This is the last day of warmth and sunshine, the last day of Summer. it’s going to be wet and windy tomorrow which is typical as we’re off sailing. At Wittering there’s plenty of people taking the last opportunity to get out for a while, either on the beach or out walking. The harbour is […]
The pleasant, warm weather is coming to an end as the easterly wind is about to give way to south westerlies and high pressure turns to low. However for now it’s bright and sunny looking out over the mud flats at Nutbourne. It’s just past low water on one of the highest spring tides of […]
For September it’s been unusually warm and today is expected to be between 25 and 30 degrees. With the sun rising it was quite warm already for our early walk around Fishbourne meadows. The harbour was at peace, the water reflecting the sky with hardly a ripple to disturb the reflection. The yachts at anchor […]
Another fine day for a short walk, we need some apples from Southbourne Farm shop so it’s Nutbourne and Prinstead this morning. The tides right out so there are fine views of yachts at all sorts of unnatural angles out in Thorney Channel. Not many flowers out but there is a huge variety of plants […]
There’s some warm are flooding in from the south west which is quite moist so it’s overcast and quite sticky. Warmth is fine but with high humidity it’s not particularly pleasant. Fortunately as the days are shortening, early mornings and evenings are becoming quite chilly. An al fresco lunch is pleasant enough but the evening […]