Following the outer harbour’s spring dredge, it’s time or reinstate the navigational marker buoys, to mark the safe channel from the locks past the breakwater.

So it was all hands on deck on 31st March, as you can see from the photo below, as they were all relaunched.

Now where did I put my almanac and sextant ;-)

Have a happy boating season

According to recent figures from Halifax Pet Insurance…

More than One Third of Britain’s cats and dogs are overweight.

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From Ian Thomas (Pevensey Coastal Defence)

As most of you will be aware the beach has been cut back in several
places as a result of the high winds and waves from early last week.
With one of the highest tides of the year due in 10 days time we will
today start yet another round of recycling using dumptrucks to move
shingle back to depleted areas.
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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.
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I’m really excited as the facility for you to contact me directly from this blog has been added at last!
Just click on the Contact Us option in the menu bar under the graphic at the top of each page.
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SHRA Ctte Members met at Marj’s on the South Harbour Promenade to Support the energetic Fun Runners, during Eastbourne’s annual Half Marathon yesterday.

Congratulations to all of the fun runners who took part and raised much needed funds for charity.

Read on to reveal the full story, including photo exclusive of a rare Antipodean sighting…
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They might have 9 lives, but spending even part of 1 life as a homeless cat isn’t much fun.

2006 was an emotional time for this particular cat lover and a few of our neighbours, as we rescued not 1 but FOUR cats, that had been left to fend for themselves by their previous owners in and around the Key West area of South Harbour.

Though what we discovered as we tried to do the right thing astounded us:

Apparently the Cats Protection League volunteers are no strangers to Sovereign Harbour, as there have been a growing number of stray cats left to rely on handouts, and at the mercy of any sympathetic residents.
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If you thought that Eastbourne’s Sovereign Harbour was just a cold, dark, wet place with not much at all going on below the surface then think again.

Did you know that it contains, amongst other things, some seahorses…
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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…
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New safety barriers are due to be fitted to the bridge that joins the main harbour to the North Harbour.

It will therefore be closed to pedestrians and motor vehicles whilst this maintenance is carried out.

The bridge will be raised on 19th Februrary 2007 and lowered on 23rd February 2007.