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Sailing March

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Just me, short and cold. No photos. Castle Drogo ย covered with scaffolding and looks like a cocoon.

http://www.ntsouthwest.co.uk/2013/08/volunteers-needed-to-defend-castle-drogo/

This winter’s summaries are quite remarkable:

Another rainfall graph. SE England winter rainfall 1910 – 2014. Watch out for the big spike at the end! pic.twitter.com/Bpdio2YXEf

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9/2/2014: Mark McCarthy on Twitter: seas turned red in teignmouth. Coastguard shutting the sea front now. Its a bit blowy here!! Photo by steven beasley.

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Well, it feels like spring in on its way, but measurements in Exeter Airport show that the last time we had 48hrs without rain was on 10-11 Dec. 2013 , some 3 months ago …

Here’s a report about the flooding : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjxgnpVNjJQย ย 

Sailing February – Flooding and gale storms all around

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A short respite in the storms and flooding came as a bright and quiet day of low wind

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Friday was not so lucky, and our fence gave up to gale force winds …

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We could have sailed anywhere else in SW England these days:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/uknews/9236030/England-and-Wales-braced-for-flooding-as-heavy-rain-wreaks-havoc.html

Moorland,Somerset

http://www.businessinsider.com/uk-flooding-pictures-2014-2