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Breezy - storm Darragh
The weekend was a bit breezy as storm Darragh swept through, first thing Saturday I walked do the river, the winds was blowing perpendicular across the river and even with that short fetch was kicking...
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More Advent brewing
Mrs BB has been busy scouting interesting and unusual beers, of which Ice Coffee pale ale was probably the most unusual. Actually it was surprisingly ok.Chocolate stout always good at this time of year...
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Wandering around Bursledn yards
I realise I'm probably getting a bit dull writing about and taking photos of the same old places, but I haven't actually been this part of the Bursledon waterfront for quite a whileLovely clinker...
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Grey Christmas?
Things certainly aren't looking likely for a white Christmas, this time of year London is usually cold and ablaze with festive lights, not currently, it's so grey and overcast that some of the taller...
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Collective Spirit
I've read about Collective Spirit a really interesting project boat which is made up of over 1200 donated componentsWalking alongside the hull is fascinating, seeing all the items that have been set...
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Merry Christmas
Local knitters out in force and doing a great job decorating not just the post box but the old phone box for Christmas, will make you smile even if you've missed the last posting date.
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Christmas Winchester
For the past few years I've been posting waterside Christmas pics like the Emsworth lobster pot tree. This year we were out and about in Winchester early evening walking. The grounds of the famous...
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Memory
If I'd seen this earlier I might been tempted to put this on the wish list to Santa, although there are one or two other interesting day boats for sale including incredably Steve's Welsford designed...
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Interesting motorboat
Interesting motorboat spotted going though Bursledon bridge.Guessing it's electrically powered judging by the high waterline length to beam ratio which would make for high efficiency and best use of...
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Calm
I took advantage of the recent high pressure during the holiday to row down the river, it was relatively early around 8.30 the only people about were dog walkers and a couple of paddle boarders...
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Frosty
Following a clear and starless night the new day dawned bright, cold and frosty.I took the opportunity for an early walk to make the most of the scene and wasn't disappointed, as below apart from a...
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On the spit
I can understand walking out on the spit at low water to find a good spot for fishing, but might be a good idea to keep a keen eye on the incoming tide
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Cetewayo
I've posted Cetewayo previously but recently was meeting a friend on the same pontoon so took the opportunity to take some close up shots.Cetawayo was designed by Laurent Giles and built on the Clyde...
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Mornng row
A fantastic clear and still winter day found me early morning down on the slipway as the sun was just peeking above the the eastern wooded shore, lighting up the tree tops on the opposite side. By the...
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Dirik
Which might be just possibly be an antipodean pronunciation of Derek or with apologies to anyone from that fine part of the world, maybe not.Either way she's a fine looking craft for sailing around the...
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Seagull Saturday
Maybe no,t but that roof certainly has something, guessing that it's catching the winter sun so a good spot for warming up cold feet
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Sad News
The local donkey sanctuary is to close shortly which is going to be sadly missed.Most weekends there are walkers and children stopping off at the donkey's favorite feeding spot with tasty carrots plus...
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Winter Sailing
You have to admire those hardy dinghy sailors who go out in the depth of winter and take the opportunity to enjoy some great if chilly sailing conditions.Sailing a course to the windward mark could be...
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Not your average boat trailer
Apparently it was built in WW2 as a bomb carrier, which must have been quite some explosives, now repurposed and still gong strong as a mobile boat cradle in the yard.There's a curious mechanism on the...
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