Danio… A Year Today
Its hard to believe its a year on Sunday past when the Danio hit the rocks at the end of the Blue Caps. Where does a year go to and this time last year the weather was dreadful. I remember all the sheep being stuck in the snow in the middle of the lambing season and the seas were unreal. I still to [...]
Out and About
I have been around the Islands over the last few days and it has been a total pleasure. Calm seas and beautiful sunshine topped of with thousands of seabirds. Over the last few days the number of seabirds have increased greatly and it great to see. It feels a bit early for them to be here but they seem to be settled and [...]
Painting Time
As the season is nearly here Peter and myself have been working on the boats to get them ready for the new season. This is all the stuff we do behind the scenes before the season starts. The MCA have also been to inspect the hulls to make sure they have no holes and as not damaged before they get the tick [...]
Grey Phalarope
On Sunday the rain had stopped and the sun was shining so after a call from a friend I decided to go across to Stag Rock at Bamburgh to see the Little Gulls and the Grey Phalarope. As I go there this little beauty turned up and put one really good show. It was a pity the light was not [...]
What a season 2013 was..
When I started to think about this blog more and more things came into my head and I have to say this has been the best year for me personally, but a cracking year all round. We started the year of with dreadful weather and we struggled to get the boats ready for the new season and then gales hit [...]
Seal Pictures
The grey seal breeding season has now peaked but we will still have the odd late arrival or two. The National Trust Rangers have now left for the year and they have had an amazing season. Lots of lows but this year more highs. They finished their season by recording all the seals that are born on the Farne Islands and this is [...]
Ivory Gull
What a day...... It started by watching my 2yr old opening his present's and then followed by a text from my friend Gary saying their was an Iceland Gull on the golf course at Seahouses. I texted back saying I would be done in 10 minutes and then 5 minutes later I got a call saying get your arse down here now [...]
The Day After
After posting my blog I went to bed last night and got up again at 3am, a quick cuppa and then off to the harbour. The waves were crashing over the pier but not as much as it was at tea time. I sat in the van getting out every now and then just to check the chocks with my [...]
Seahouses Storm
On Monday we started to take the boats out of the water and put them onto the pier for some maintance during the winter. We do this every year but this year and we chock them with blocks of wood and this helps support them upright. We have done this for years. We heard about the weather changing but because it [...]
Common Dolphins 17/11/2013
This blog should have been out a week ago but I suppose it better late than ever. Anyway last Sunday (17th) I was on a 1.5 hour trip around the Farne Islands when my friend Ron gave me a shout saying that he had seen 2 dolphins at the Blue Caps. I was nearly at Staple Island and I was [...]