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Eastbourne Marina: High Tide Warning

Jon Martin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:42:21 +0000

I don’t want to panic anyone, but as the following video snippet shows, the tide in the outer harbour here at Eastbourne’s Sovereign Marina is very high.

In fact, I’ve been here ten years, and based on the ‘A’ test, this is the highest tide I’ve witnessed.

Video: The Return of Sospan

Jon Martin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:37:26 +0000

The annual visit of the dredger Sospan to Eastbourne Sovereign Harbour to remove the silt to free up the outer channel for boats to get a clear passage from the marina to the English Channel.

Lucky Strikes Again

Jon Martin — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:26:06 +0000

Lucky the cat is a feline celebrity around Sovereign Harbour. Often wandering from North to South, in and out of the Waterfront. But he gets tired and looks for a comfy place to catnap. Unfortunately for JoJo the dog it was her bed and she didn’t like it. Like Lucky cared!!

Video: Elvis Seen in Eastbourne Fun Run

Jon Martin — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:00:08 +0000

Further to the recent review of the Eastbourne Fun Run (Tired Hands Support Tired Feet), I can exclusively reveal some video footage of Elvis, running past the SHRA event at Marj’s to support the runners.

Here’s the amazing video footage of Elvis the Kangaroo ;-)

Note that the video is stored and played from YouTube, it’s 45 seconds long, but I wouldn’t recommend playing it unless you have a Broadband connection as it is quite a large file ;-)

If the Elvis Video isn’t shown above, please click here to open it up in a new window

The identity of this mystery kangaroo will be revealed later, keep watching the posts on this blog so you don’t miss it.

Wishing you health, success and happiness in everything you do,

Jon

Rubbing Shoulders with the Underwater Elite

Jon Martin — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:02:16 +0000

Meeting a group of new people is always a slightly nervous occasion and Wed 21st Feb was no exception for me.

It is said that “you only get out of something what you are prepared to put in”, so I put on some warm clothes and gritted my teeth, as I braved the cold train journey from Eastbourne to the big city lights of London, and specifically the Holland Club within the campus of Imperial College, near to the South Kensington tube station on the District and Circle line.

It’s here, on the first Wednesday of every month, that some of the World’s best underwater photographers meet to share ideas, anecdotes, and socialise in a well-suited subterranean meeting room…

You see, it’s here that the British Society of Underwater Photographers (a.k.a. BSoUP) meets, and in whose esteemed ranks this budding enthusiastic but inexperienced underwater snapper found himself; uncertain whether it would be a roomful of cliquey technical egos, or a group of passionate and friendly divers fascinated in underwater marine flora and fauna, and in capturing their adventures to be enjoyed by those not fortunate enough to be in the water with them.

I’m extremely happy to report it was the latter group, and despite my nerves and inexperience I was welcomed with open arms.

The format of most monthly meetings is for a first half consisting of a guest presentation following by a themed photo competition. The competition topic is known in advance and members can submit their entries. These are shown and the members in attendence vote for their top 3.

After a break to refresh any empty glasses, and for the votes to be counted, the second half starts with the results of the competition and then a second guest speaker.

I’ll write about the speakers in a later post, but the evening finishes around 11pm and I left buzzing about the possibilities.

The only downside to the evening was having to catch the 00:05 train home, which thanks to some midweek overnight engineering works included a bus service from Lewes, which meant my head didn’t hit my pillow until around 2:30am.

Though it didn’t take me long to drift into a dreamy world of colourful fish and photogenic sharks ;-)

Let me know what you think,

Wishing you health, success and happiness in everything you do,

Jon