One Man's Notes

Spring really came to Shoreham-by-Sea, yesterday. I took advantage of the lockdown easing to have a bonus lunchtime walk.

A boat floating in the Adur.St Mary de Haura’s east elevation in Shoreham-by-SeaLooking towards East Street from the churchyard of St Mary de Haura.Trees and daffodils in the churchyard of St Mary de Haura.


Bat kerb.

A batman logo sticker on a kerb.

M1 MBPro life:

“Right, I’ll just send this video over to Compressor to render out while I make a cup of coffee and …

“…oh, it’s done.”


I do like to get down and dirty with a server once in a while:

Updating Ghost from the terminal

Today seems to be a 5/10/15 years ago day:

  • Medium pivots and seeks to reduce editorial staff? 2016!
  • Should employed journalists have their own newsletters? Twitter accounts in 2011, blogs in 2006.

We’re trapped in some kind of eternal media hell loop.


The very old and the very new in a port town.

Shoreham by Sea seen from the south bank of the Adur

This, from @colinwalker, is what so many people miss about blogging at its best:

There is no truly right way to blog but there is a best way, one that connects our words to those of others, that shares as much as it borrows such that we are all the richer for it.


A rare moment

A window in Emerald Quay, Shoreham-by-Sea

Yesterday morning, I did something I’ve never had the chance to do in the last eight years: I lay in bed for a while and just looked out of the window. The girls had been into our room, and Iris had, rather cheekily, opened the curtains. They were back playing quietly in their own room, so there was no rush for us to be up. There was nowhere we needed to (virtually) be. Nothing was pressing.

So, I lay there while my wife dozed, and watched seagulls soar in the thermals above the buildings around.

And it was good.


It’s World Osprey Week, as European ospreys start returning to their nests for the breeding season.


Now, can I post to micro.blog from Ulysses OK?


A digest of nature-centric reading (and viewing) to round out your weekend.


Last night, we finished the last of the Christmas mead — just in time for spring.


New boats in the Adur.

Boats moored in the river Adur.

Beach fishermen.

Fishermen on Shoreham Beach.

Not this way, apparently.

A barbed wire fence blocking access to the water’s edge on Shoreham Beach.

Sea chains.

A chain in the Adur at low tide.A chain in the Adur at low tide.A chain covered in seaweed in the Adur at low tide.


Beach finds.

A pretty sea-worn shell from Shoreham Beach.

Down by the harbour wall.

A wave hitting the harbour arm on Shoreham Beach.

This is not the real view from my house - but neither is it a Zoom background…


On the Harry & Meghan interview and the UK media.


The Shoreham Harbour pilots' boat coming back in after meeting a container ship offshore.

The Shoreham Harbour pilot boat

Spring is here!

Spring bulbs flowering

The Ernst Hagedorn coming into Shoreham Harbour this afternoon.

The Ernst Hagedorn entering Shoreham Harbour.

The uncomplicated way year ones express their joy in seeing their school friends over Teams is something we could all stand to learn from.


They really want the train to stop #worldbookday

Two girls dressed as the Railway Children for World Book Day