2021 February The View From The Dartmouth Office

Every picture on this website, with no exception, is taken from one place - our Dartmouth office garden

THE VIEW FROM THE DARTMOUTH OFFICE

FEBRUARY 2021 TVFTDO

Still in Lockdown

There will be lots of Photos in this album over lots of pages.

When it's ready you'll be able to....Click on a thumbnail to see it larger.

And.....You can even start a slide show.

01 February 2021 - 08-26-41
Five days after heading out from Dartmouth the beautiful barge Leader returns from.....Brixham
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Barge Leader returns to dartmouth

01 February 2021 - 09-25-24
Triple stacking scaffolders
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Above Town construction

02 February 2021 - 07-58-13
There's just 5 or 6 days when the sun rises over the sea in the winter. Not once was it visible on the horizon this year. Just a little chick in the cloud allowed half a view (more like 10%).
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Sunrise over the sea at Dartmouth

02 February 2021 - 14-14-53

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03 February 2021 - 08-00-49
Mist maketh magic. And none more true than this morning early in the month with the low bands of cloud settling in individual valleys over the Hoodown side of the river
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Mist over Hoodown woods

03 February 2021 - 08-01-18

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Mist over Hoodown woods

03 February 2021 - 08-02-14

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Mist over Noss-on-Dart

04 February 2021 - 10-10-32
Even the sheep, with a few exceptions, have mastered this social distancing lark.
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Sheep on sheer hill

04 February 2021 - 11-37-49

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05 February 2021 - 07-37-36

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05 February 2021 - 07-42-45

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Sunrise over the sea

05 February 2021 - 07-46-30

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Sunrise over the sea

05 February 2021 - 07-47-35

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Sunrise over the sea

05 February 2021 - 07-48-50
Still trying for that perfect shot of the sun rising over the sea out of the the Dartmouth river mouth..
This is not that shot.
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Sunrise over the sea

05 February 2021 - 10-09-15

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Dartmouth fishing boat DH20 Magnum

05 February 2021 - 10-31-44

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Beluga XL A330-743L F-GXLI

05 February 2021 - 11-22-11

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N4480W Robinson R66 Helicopter Xite Energ

05 February 2021 - 11-22-27

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N4480W Robinson R66 Helicopter Xite Energ

05 February 2021 - 11-24-54
What a difference twenty minutes make. The workers cabins were delivered to 'Cherry Trees' in Kingswear.
There was a bit of rain at first.
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Kingswear Construction

05 February 2021 - 11-26-24

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Royal Navy yacht Pegasus from BRNC

05 February 2021 - 11-26-27

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Royal Navy yacht Pegasus from BRNC

05 February 2021 - 11-41-09
Just twenty minutes after the torrential rain, it was all forgotten.
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Kingswear Construction

05 February 2021 - 11-50-37
A fine example of an early 21st century double rainbow.
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Double rainbow over Dartmouth, Devon

05 February 2021 - 11-51-26

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Double rainbow over Dartmouth, Devon

05 February 2021 - 12-39-56
Regular visitor G-AZJV Reims-Cessna F172L Skyhawk
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Light aircraft G-AZJV

05 February 2021 - 14-06-57
A bit of a guess, but could this be HMS Dragon (D35) ? One of the Royal Navy’s six Type 45 air defence destroyers.
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Royal Navy Type 45 air defence destroyer

05 February 2021 - 16-26-46
Heading for Rotterdam, all 332.97 metres of crude oil tanker Rimthan which has travelled from Sidi Kerir in Egypt.
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Crude Oil tanker Rimthan

06 February 2021 - 08-50-16
How some days start. With an invisible Kingswear.
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Kingswear in the mist.

06 February 2021 - 08-51-28
Those little puddles of water on our new decking are solid.
Nothing else in the garden had frozen. The ice was targetting.
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A frost in the garden at Dartmouth

06 February 2021 - 09-02-14

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Kingswear in the mist.

06 February 2021 - 09-06-08

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Kingswear in the mist.

06 February 2021 - 09-20-12
Quite a few different shades of white in this pic. The mist that had earlier completely obliterated Kingswear started to lift and separate
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Kingswear in the mist.

06 February 2021 - 09-21-32

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Kingswear in the mist.

06 February 2021 - 13-30-13
Least said the better.
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A couple of unnecessaries. Jet-skis to some.

06 February 2021 - 15-03-36
Royal Navy Merlin ZH854 on a Saturday downstream pass of Dartmouth
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Royal Navy Merlin ZH854 Dartmouth flyby

06 February 2021 - 15-03-41

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Royal Navy Merlin ZH854 Dartmouth flyby

06 February 2021 - 15-03-47

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Royal Navy Merlin ZH854 Dartmouth flyby

06 February 2021 - 15-03-57

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Royal Navy Merlin ZH854 Dartmouth flyby

06 February 2021 - 15-04-35

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Britannia of Beesands (DH141)

07 February 2021 - 14-40-44

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07 February 2021 - 14-40-54

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08 February 2021 - 08-11-20

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08 February 2021 - 08-14-31
The Eric Morecambe shot. Alright sunbeam ?
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08 February 2021 - 08-35-04
When we can see the West Rock buoy we know....it's blowing a gale.
Like we didn't know already.
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West Rock buoy at Dartmouth

08 February 2021 - 12-29-37

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RAF Chinook helicopter ZH775

08 February 2021 - 12-29-38 (1)

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RAF Chinook helicopter ZH775

08 February 2021 - 12-29-38

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RAF Chinook helicopter ZH775

08 February 2021 - 12-29-39

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RAF Chinook helicopter ZH775

08 February 2021 - 12-29-40
A low run down river. Not the lowest, you understand. But low enough.
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RAF Chinook helicopter ZH775

08 February 2021 - 12-29-45
This shows the lowly lowness of its run. Apparently it was from Odiham. I used to be in an Odiham area cub scout troop. Eons ago.
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RAF Chinook helicopter ZH775

08 February 2021 - 12-29-50
Sometimes waves reach the top of Kingswear Castle. Not today, luckily for Chinook ZH775
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RAF Chinook helicopter ZH775

08 February 2021 - 12-29-52
Was the sea really that colour ?
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RAF Chinook helicopter ZH775

09 February 2021 - 07-38-49

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Dartmouth's West Rock buoy illuminated

09 February 2021 - 09-20-29

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Snow on them there Kingswear hills

09 February 2021 - 16-27-24
Tuesday bought a pair of Chinooks from RAF Odiham (ZA681 & ZH902) but it was blowing a hooley so they were none too low.
Quite a birthday treat for someone though.
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RAF Chinooks ZA681 & ZH902

09 February 2021 - 16-27-26

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RAF Chinooks ZA681 & ZH902

09 February 2021 - 16-27-29
Still impressive, even at higher altitude than usual.
This is the two RAF Chinooks coming down river over Greenaway way.
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RAF Chinooks ZA681 & ZH902

09 February 2021 - 16-27-37
Tuesday bought a pair of Chinooks from RAF Odiham (ZA681 & ZH902) but it was blowing a hooley so they were none too low.
Quite a birthday treat for someone though.
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RAF Chinooks ZA681 & ZH902

09 February 2021 - 16-28-04

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RAF Chinooks ZA681 & ZH902

09 February 2021 - 16-28-10

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RAF Chinooks ZA681 & ZH902

09 February 2021 - 16-28-22

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RAF Chinooks ZA681 & ZH902

10 February 2021 - 08-18-16
The Queen Victoria cruise ship has spent some of the last few months sheltering around by the Cary Arms (handy for deliveries) and then just before this weekend's storm headed west to shelter off Hope Cove. I missed it going west, but here it is coming back. Big eh ?
And marginally more pretty than a container ship. Marginally
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Cruise ship Queen Victoria passing Dartmouth

10 February 2021 - 08-18-24
Made to fit the gap. 294 metres long and so just about matching the gap out of the end of the river Dart at Dartmouth.

The ship is 5.5 nautical miles from the lens, that's 6.3 ordinary boring miles.

There should be over 2000 guests and more than a thousand crew aboard. But there isn't.
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Cruise ship Queen Victoria passing Dartmouth

10 February 2021 - 14-25-12
Strewth ! The sea has got Laura Ashley stripes.
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Storm Darcy

10 February 2021 - 14-45-59
Cruise ship Volendam 237.91m long 13NM out (from Me)
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Cruise ship Volendam passes Dartmouth

11 February 2021 - 10-04-55

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11 February 2021 - 12-34-29
White horse in front of us.
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South easterly winds make waves

12 February 2021 - 12-49-38
Goliath (loco number 5239) surprised many, well, me, with a loud toot toot on its whistle at lunchtime.
Which makes this the first steam train I have snapped since October last year. Likely a practise run checking that things still work.Luckily they do.
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Dartmouth railway Goliath (loco 5239)

12 February 2021 - 12-50-09
No sign of passengers. Masked or otherwise.
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Dartmouth railway Goliath (loco 5239)

12 February 2021 - 12-51-46
This mooring technique almost certainly has a technical name. Like "parking in a side street".
Regardless, the vessell is Adela (BM79), the prettiest day hauler in the Brixham fishing fleet. Check out their website: www.adelabm79.co.uk
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Brixham fishing boat Adela (BM79

12 February 2021 - 12-53-32
It takes a so'easterly to get waves in the harbour
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South easterly winds make waves

12 February 2021 - 12-54-40
Straight through the gap and then straight up river. Like a wave machine.
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South easterly winds make waves

12 February 2021 - 13-09-58
Goliath heads back to Paignton proving beyond doubt that it is a steam engine.
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Dartmouth railway Goliath (loco 5239)

13 February 2021 - 07-18-21
How great sunrises can start.
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Red sunrise, Dartmouth, Devon

13 February 2021 - 07-27-47
And develop into this.
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Red sunrise, Dartmouth, Devon

13 February 2021 - 07-28-46
This magnificent sunrise lasted all of 3 minutes. Ten minutes earlier there was a faint hint that things could become good.
Two minutes after this display it was gone. Completely
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Red sunrise, Dartmouth, Devon

13 February 2021 - 08-16-14
LNG tanker Energy Innovator 299.9m longheading from the Isle of Grain to Cove Point near Lusby, Maryland. Liquified Natural Gas is a clear and non-toxic liquid formed when natural gas is cooled to -162ºC. This shrinks the volume of the gas 600 times.
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LNG tanker Energy Innovator passing Dartmouth

13 February 2021 - 11-09-24

14 February 2021 - 09-19-59

14 February 2021 - 17-27-25

15 February 2021 - 10-34-59

15 February 2021 - 15-12-00

15 February 2021 - 15-12-33

15 February 2021 - 16-46-44

16 February 2021 - 07-41-24

16 February 2021 - 08-49-04

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Dart Harbour Hercules floating crane

16 February 2021 - 08-49-
The Dart Harbour crew on Hercules went off collecting firewood.
It might take some time to dry out, but there was enough of it.
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Dart Harbour Hercules floating crane

16 February 2021 - 09-01-44
Perhaps someone should tell him, his hostage is going nowhere. Except overboard.
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Royal Navy picket boats on exercise

16 February 2021 - 09-02-2916 February 2021 - 09-03-13
The whalers were also out,
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Royal Navy picket boats on exercise

16 February 2021 - 09-03-13

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Royal Navy picket boats on exercise

16 February 2021 - 13-11-15

16 February 2021 - 13-11-28

16 February 2021 - 15-18-14

16 February 2021 - 15-18-24

18 February 2021 - 10-06-45

18 February 2021 - 10-19-46

18 February 2021 - 12-50-57

18 February 2021 - 16-13-53

19 February 2021 - 10-33-22

19 February 2021 - 10-33-48

19 February 2021 - 17-58-45

20 February 2021 - 08-31-13

20 February 2021 - 08-31-57

20 February 2021 - 10-04-48

20 February 2021 - 13-05-54

20 February 2021 - 13-50-46

21 February 2021 - 11-27-37

21 February 2021 - 12-52-39

22 February 2021 - 09-28-46

22 February 2021 - 10-39-35
Hercules and its crew have varied tasks .Complete with diver (possibly divers) they appeared to complete some major maintenance of the mainstream buoy network. Hiding under the river are some huge, huge, huge chains.

22 February 2021 - 10-41-04

22 February 2021 - 12-22-53

22 February 2021 - 12-25-08

22 February 2021 - 12-27-43
A sign of better things to come. With luck the steam railway will get to operate a more normal timetable this summer.
Meanwhile test runs continue. No engine, but an adequate snap.
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Steamtrain at Hoodown Woods.

22 February 2021 - 12-28-52

22 February 2021 - 12-29-14

22 February 2021 - 13-23-12

22 February 2021 - 13-29-05

22 February 2021 - 13-29-40

22 February 2021 - 13-31-33

23 February 2021 - 08-29-03

23 February 2021 - 08-36-45

23 February 2021 - 13-11-44

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Royal Navy Merlin ZH824

23 February 2021 - 13-33-34

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Royal Navy Merlin ZH824

23 February 2021 - 13-33-44 – 2

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Royal Navy Merlin ZH824

23 February 2021 - 13-33-44
Quite a bit of aerial activity. Nothing startling. Except.....what is that device to the left of the doorway?
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Royal Navy Merlin ZH824

23 February 2021 - 13-33-49

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Royal Navy Merlin ZH824

24 February 2021 - 08-26-07
Drama on the Embankment when a motorhome caught fire destroying itself and not enhancing the car behind.
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Vehicle caught fire, Dartmouth Embankment

24 February 2021 - 08-28-36

24 February 2021 - 12-11-50

24 February 2021 - 12-12-23

24 February 2021 - 12-13-02

24 February 2021 - 16-15-33
The cruise ships keep coming....past. This is Arcadia about five miles away.
Now it looks like the boat park in Torbay will continue throughout the summer as Cunard and P&O cancel bookings until August.
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Cruise ship Arcadia passes Dartmouth.

25 February 2021 - 06-45-02

25 February 2021 - 10-36-30

25 February 2021 - 12-44-03
If it's engines you want, here's two for the price of one.
A double header with Braveheart and loco 2253 which is a 160 Class American engine (the maroon one)
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Paignton-Kingswear railway double-header.

25 February 2021 - 13-39-03

26 February 2021 - 06-53-51

26 February 2021 - 07-27-15

26 February 2021 - 07-54-03

26 February 2021 - 07-57-05

26 February 2021 - 11-41-05

26 February 2021 - 11-51-13

26 February 2021 - 11-51-17

26 February 2021 - 11-51-36

26 February 2021 - 11-52-12

26 February 2021 - 14-42-23

26 February 2021 - 14-42-26

26 February 2021 - 14-43-05

26 February 2021 - 17-19-
Tug Kingston and barge TMS Searider.
The marine equivalent of a motorcycle and sidecar
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Tug and barge in river Dart.

26 February 2021 - 17-42-48
Apparently it was called the Snow Moon. Didn't bring any
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New moon over Kingswear

27 February 2021 - 07-34-59
Are they still called yachts if they have no masts?
In the foreground is the Swedish craft Blaoga and behind is Pau Amma of Plymouth.
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Demasted yachts

27 February 2021 - 08-12-11

27 February 2021 - 08-12-16

27 February 2021 - 08-27-33

27 February 2021 - 13-06-09

27 February 2021 - 13-20-26

27 February 2021 - 14-48-32
It must still be chilly, but more and more folk are taking the waters
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Wild water swimming off Bayards

27 February 2021 - 16-16-40

27 February 2021 - 16-16-50

28 February 2021 - 13-13-42
Usually referred to as Warfleet Creek there are occasions when the tide can make it Warfleet Beach
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Half Tide rock, Warfleet at low tide

Perhaps someone should tell him, his hostage is going nowhere. Except overboard.