Every picture on this website, with no exception, is taken from one place - our Dartmouth office garden
THE VIEW FROM THE DARTMOUTH OFFICE
MAY 2021 TVFTDO
Here already.
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.

05 May 2021 - 13-58-44
Threading its way through the moored yachts in front of Ravensbury Drive, the Lower Ferry brings in kit and supplies for another building project.
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Dartmouth construction.
Threading its way through the moored yachts in front of Ravensbury Drive, the Lower Ferry brings in kit and supplies for another building project.
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Dartmouth construction.

11 May 2021 - 15-51-32
We are so lucky to have a steam railway on the riverbank (and a paddle steamer on the river). Here is Omaha, an American style engine. Complete with American style whistle.
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Dartmouth railway engine Omaha.
We are so lucky to have a steam railway on the riverbank (and a paddle steamer on the river). Here is Omaha, an American style engine. Complete with American style whistle.
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Dartmouth railway engine Omaha.

13 May 2021 - 22-20-09
An expedition superyacht sailed in. Called Aumichakiad, it's 38m long. What's an expedition superyacht ? Well, it's a luxury boat that looks like a trawler. The luxury is on the inside, the idea being the craft can brave more extreme elements whilst passengers inside don't have to. This snap will soon join many others in a new album to be called "Superyachts at night in Dartmouth". A catchy title.
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Expedition superyacht Aumichakiad
An expedition superyacht sailed in. Called Aumichakiad, it's 38m long. What's an expedition superyacht ? Well, it's a luxury boat that looks like a trawler. The luxury is on the inside, the idea being the craft can brave more extreme elements whilst passengers inside don't have to. This snap will soon join many others in a new album to be called "Superyachts at night in Dartmouth". A catchy title.
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Expedition superyacht Aumichakiad

14 May 2021 - 17-04-03
Yet another crane comes into, or back into, the river, escorted by this little dory.
Not sure what the marine term for being mown down is. But you wouldn't want it.
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Marine crane barge TMS Maverick
Yet another crane comes into, or back into, the river, escorted by this little dory.
Not sure what the marine term for being mown down is. But you wouldn't want it.
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Marine crane barge TMS Maverick

15 May 2021 - 08-33-42
This little chap has been feasting on our lawn for weeks. Usually worms, but on this day he bagged himself a creepy crawly who seems to be clinging on for dear life. A bit late in the day for that.
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Blackbird feeding on Dartmouth lawn
This little chap has been feasting on our lawn for weeks. Usually worms, but on this day he bagged himself a creepy crawly who seems to be clinging on for dear life. A bit late in the day for that.
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Blackbird feeding on Dartmouth lawn

15 May 2021 - 09-48-05
A few minutes before this shot, the swimmer had a companion (a very reliable spotter told me). One of the seals had accompanied him for five minutes riding shotgun just three or four feet away.
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Wild water swimming in river Dart
A few minutes before this shot, the swimmer had a companion (a very reliable spotter told me). One of the seals had accompanied him for five minutes riding shotgun just three or four feet away.
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Wild water swimming in river Dart

16 May 2021 - 09-10-12
Out with the old and in with the new. First time I have caught a replacement picket boat passing its predecessor.
On the surface it looks like Chippendale has made way for Ikea.
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Old and new Royal Navy picket boats
Out with the old and in with the new. First time I have caught a replacement picket boat passing its predecessor.
On the surface it looks like Chippendale has made way for Ikea.
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Old and new Royal Navy picket boats

17 May 2021 - 16-43-24
An unusually low double. A limbo rainbow. Or a limbow rainbo. This is shot from the top of scaffolding surrounding TVFTDO. An even more cracking viewpoint than usual
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Double rainbow in Dartmouth
An unusually low double. A limbo rainbow. Or a limbow rainbo. This is shot from the top of scaffolding surrounding TVFTDO. An even more cracking viewpoint than usual
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Double rainbow in Dartmouth

18 May 2021 - 12-19-27
You might have to caption this yourselves. It seems likely to be the instalation of some sort of solar water heater. But it could be a new piece of gym aparatus.
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Kingswear house maintenance
You might have to caption this yourselves. It seems likely to be the instalation of some sort of solar water heater. But it could be a new piece of gym aparatus.
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Kingswear house maintenance

18 May 2021 - 19-15-25
Two unusual offshore supply vessels popped in for a cake and a sandwich. And other sustenance. Called Maker (27.4m) and Arriver (20.6m) they executed a pincer movement on Dartmouth's defenceless fuel barge. Mind you, the fuel barge had the last laugh when they presented the bill.
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Offshore work vessels Maker and Arriver
Two unusual offshore supply vessels popped in for a cake and a sandwich. And other sustenance. Called Maker (27.4m) and Arriver (20.6m) they executed a pincer movement on Dartmouth's defenceless fuel barge. Mind you, the fuel barge had the last laugh when they presented the bill.
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Offshore work vessels Maker and Arriver

19 May 2021 - 08-17-53
Seal escort or no seal escort, this was not the water to be swimming in. Certain tides on certain days bring this unpleasant sight.
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Scum on the river Dart
Seal escort or no seal escort, this was not the water to be swimming in. Certain tides on certain days bring this unpleasant sight.
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Scum on the river Dart

29 May 2021 - 13-36-39
I hesitated to publish these pix - and deliberately waited long enough for the people involved to have probably left the area. Firstly, yes, you're quite correct, the snap is not sharp.
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Windo seal gets some close attention
I hesitated to publish these pix - and deliberately waited long enough for the people involved to have probably left the area. Firstly, yes, you're quite correct, the snap is not sharp.
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Windo seal gets some close attention

29 May 2021 - 13-36-42 (1)
They show an instinctive behaviour that most of us posess. The want to get close to a wild animal. This is shot on a very long lens and so the distance between Windo the seal and the boat has been foreshortened.
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Windo seal gets some close attention
They show an instinctive behaviour that most of us posess. The want to get close to a wild animal. This is shot on a very long lens and so the distance between Windo the seal and the boat has been foreshortened.
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Windo seal gets some close attention

29 May 2021 - 13-36-42
Clearly the boat and its occupants is still way too close. Now, we can all call them names and wonder what they were thinking but surely we all need educating
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Windo seal gets some close attention
Clearly the boat and its occupants is still way too close. Now, we can all call them names and wonder what they were thinking but surely we all need educating
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Windo seal gets some close attention

29 May 2021 - 13-36-47
The Marine Management Organisation recommend following the Wildlife Safe (WiSe) scheme and to stay 100 metres away from wildlife. In the river Dart that might be somewhat restrictive when a seal plops itself down on a pontoon in amongst moored boats.
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Windo seal gets some close attention
The Marine Management Organisation recommend following the Wildlife Safe (WiSe) scheme and to stay 100 metres away from wildlife. In the river Dart that might be somewhat restrictive when a seal plops itself down on a pontoon in amongst moored boats.
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Windo seal gets some close attention

30 May 2021 - 15-55-49
Egle is this glorious former Venetian water taxi.
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Peter de Savary and his water taxi
Egle is this glorious former Venetian water taxi.
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Peter de Savary and his water taxi

30 May 2021 - 15-55-50
Chomping on his cigar, the distinctive owner of Egle takes it out for a run.
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Peter de Savary and his water taxi
Chomping on his cigar, the distinctive owner of Egle takes it out for a run.
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Peter de Savary and his water taxi