A Sand Colour Mystery
If you study the picture below, you will notice that the sand is not all the same colour. There appear to be three colours. Ignoring…
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Gauging Distance from Point of Ayr Lighthouse
After a brief visit to North Wales, I took the opportunity to go for a walk along the beautiful Talacre Beach, towards the Point of…
Sculptures in the Sand
Each part of the world has its unique natural navigational heritage with distinct differences, making each appear totally foreign to the other on first meeting.…
Marine Studios
A belated thank you to everyone who came to my talk at the Marine Studios in Margate a week ago, and another thanks to those…
Ripples and Reflections
After an enjoyable private course on Friday – we finished standing in a field looking at Orion, the Plough, Cassiopeia and, of course, Polaris –…
Lulworth Cove Lobster Pots
The Gooleys are now back from a weekend’s camping in the isle of Purbeck, Dorset. This is a photo I took of some lobster pots…
Fort Ile de Raz
We spent the weekend on Alderney. We went there to muck about on the beaches and we were not disappointed. The water is still fresh…
Totland Bay Pier
In this photo that I took ten days ago of Totland Bay Pier on the Isle of Wight, there is a lot of blue. We…
Two Beaches for the Price of One
There is something surreal, perhaps postmodern?, about blogging about a newspaper that is writing about you. Ian Belcher reviewed my course in the Sunday Times…