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…



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

It’s very much a Gray Day today.


I’ve just realised what I miss most about face-to-face lecturing: the after lecture chats.

Nobody hangs around to ask questions or chat after Zoom lectures. And often some fascinating ideas came from those chats.

Maybe next academic year…


Taken this afternoon.

Spring is coming.

Daffodils nearly ready to bloom.

Some weekend nature-centric reading and viewing for you.


Cooking “last day of half term” pancakes for my daughters.


New fancy coffee brewing method to kick off the weekend right.


Mask upgrade.

Adam Tinworth wearing a new facemask.,

The combination of stupidly fast yet silent when dealing with lots of video and other tasks is still making me very happy I invested in an M1 MacBook Pro.