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

A bottle of Lyme Bay Winery Christmas Mead with festive spices is being held, featuring a black label with gold and white text.

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…

A man with white hair wearing large black headphones is sitting indoors with a thoughtful expression, resting his chin on his hand.

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