Every picture on this website, with no exception, is taken from one place - our Dartmouth office garden
THE VIEW FROM THE DARTMOUTH OFFICE
OCTOBER 2022 TVFTDO
There will be hundreds TVFTDO Photos in this album over many pages. Click on a thumbnail to see it larger.
And.....you can even start a slide show.
2 October 2022 - 12:38:55
2 October 2022 - 12:40:06
2 October 2022 - 12:58:24
2 October 2022 - 16:33:45
2 October 2022 - 16:37:59
2 October 2022 - 20:12:38
3 October 2022 - 07:41:30
Twice a year there's the opportunity to see the sun rise behind the Daymark - as seen from TVFTDO. The sun is a certainty. The clouds are optional.
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Sunrise behind Kingswear Daymark
Twice a year there's the opportunity to see the sun rise behind the Daymark - as seen from TVFTDO. The sun is a certainty. The clouds are optional.
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Sunrise behind Kingswear Daymark
3 October 2022 - 10:34:55
3 October 2022 - 10:36:28
3 October 2022 - 10:40:11
Well that's got have been a surprise. A line caught lobster is a rarity. Certainly is in Dartmouth. This chap was mackerel fishing on a little boat moored in front of us. I bet nobody believed him. Until now.
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Catching a lobster in river Dart
Well that's got have been a surprise. A line caught lobster is a rarity. Certainly is in Dartmouth. This chap was mackerel fishing on a little boat moored in front of us. I bet nobody believed him. Until now.
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Catching a lobster in river Dart
3 October 2022 - 17:17:09
3 October 2022 - 17:17:14
3 October 2022 - 17:17:56
3 October 2022 - 23:07:47
3 October 2022 - 23:08:13
5 October 2022 - 12:34:08
5 October 2022 - 12:34:28
Since when does a diesel have a coal tender ? Let alone four.
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Diesel loco 6975 pulls coal wagons
Since when does a diesel have a coal tender ? Let alone four.
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Diesel loco 6975 pulls coal wagons
5 October 2022 - 12:34:52
5 October 2022 - 15:45:49
5 October 2022 - 15:46:00
6 October 2022 - 07:08:32
6 October 2022 - 07:30:13
6 October 2022 - 07:41:19
10 October 2022 - 08:21:24
10 October 2022 - 10:56:22
10 October 2022 - 11:50:21
Look carefully and you still won't see it. Because Darthaven's reception building has gone. Replacement is on its way with a slightly larger footprint.
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Darthaven marina to replace reception building
Look carefully and you still won't see it. Because Darthaven's reception building has gone. Replacement is on its way with a slightly larger footprint.
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Darthaven marina to replace reception building
11 October 2022 - 08:15:00
11 October 2022 - 09:02:14
11 October 2022 - 09:03:21
11 October 2022 - 16:15:46
11 October 2022 - 16:53:51
11 October 2022 - 16:54:48
12 October 2022 - 08:52:13
12 October 2022 - 08:54:10
Fishing boat William Henry II is 22m long and is 185 tonnes. Fishing boat Dee-J is 10m long. And not 185 tonnes
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William Henry II & Dee-J depart Dartmouth
Fishing boat William Henry II is 22m long and is 185 tonnes. Fishing boat Dee-J is 10m long. And not 185 tonnes
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William Henry II & Dee-J depart Dartmouth
12 October 2022 - 08:57:42
Do you think fish argue about how big the fishing boat was that caught them?
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William Henry II & Dee-J depart Dartmouth
Do you think fish argue about how big the fishing boat was that caught them?
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William Henry II & Dee-J depart Dartmouth
12 October 2022 - 18:38:52
Overnight stay on the town jetty for Border Force cutter.
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HMC Seeker in Dartmouth
Overnight stay on the town jetty for Border Force cutter.
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HMC Seeker in Dartmouth
12 October 2022 - 20:38:15
Spookily eerie. And it's not yet Halloween. Three Officer Training Boats (picket boats to you and me) head down river straight towards TVFTDO.
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Night exercise aboard BRNC OTB's
Spookily eerie. And it's not yet Halloween. Three Officer Training Boats (picket boats to you and me) head down river straight towards TVFTDO.
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Night exercise aboard BRNC OTB's
13 October 2022 - 08:11:53
Dull and dank start to the day.
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Kingswear in the mist.
Dull and dank start to the day.
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Kingswear in the mist.
13 October 2022 - 08:28:45
After a leisurely breakfast, the crew of His Majesty's Cutter Seeker depart Dartmouth.
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Border Force vessel Seeker heads out.
After a leisurely breakfast, the crew of His Majesty's Cutter Seeker depart Dartmouth.
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Border Force vessel Seeker heads out.
13 October 2022 - 09:29:31
Brightening up, but that's not helping much of Kingswear.
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Kingswear still in the mist.
Brightening up, but that's not helping much of Kingswear.
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Kingswear still in the mist.
13 October 2022 - 09:30:38
Workboat MC-1 carries a flat pack order downriver. Way better than an Ikea delivery.
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Workboat MC-1 delivers.
Workboat MC-1 carries a flat pack order downriver. Way better than an Ikea delivery.
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Workboat MC-1 delivers.
13 October 2022 - 17:13:15
No wind in Kingswear this evening.
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Steam loco steam trail heads up.
No wind in Kingswear this evening.
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Steam loco steam trail heads up.
14 October 2022 - 09:46:32
Not too often that you see a boat on a boat.
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Dartmouth Lower Ferry barge carries a boat.
Not too often that you see a boat on a boat.
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Dartmouth Lower Ferry barge carries a boat.
14 October 2022 - 12:58:18
Here to check up on goodness knows what.....survey boat Solent Guardian arrives in Dartmouth
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Solent Guardian arrives Dartmouth
Here to check up on goodness knows what.....survey boat Solent Guardian arrives in Dartmouth
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Solent Guardian arrives Dartmouth
14 October 2022 - 15:00:17
It seemed likely that Mirou of Southampton was heading for winter quarters, but a week later, it's actually back on its Kingswear troy mooring. The seal couldn't care less.
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Motor cruiser Mirou of Southampton
It seemed likely that Mirou of Southampton was heading for winter quarters, but a week later, it's actually back on its Kingswear troy mooring. The seal couldn't care less.
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Motor cruiser Mirou of Southampton
14 October 2022 - 18:11:28
A potentially interesting dusk was approaching.
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End of the day over Kingswear
A potentially interesting dusk was approaching.
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End of the day over Kingswear
14 October 2022 - 18:33:02
And just look what developed just twenty minutes later. A bit of a belter of a sunset.
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Weird old sunset over Kingswear
And just look what developed just twenty minutes later. A bit of a belter of a sunset.
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Weird old sunset over Kingswear
14 October 2022 - 18:33:22
Not sure how to describe it. Weird passes muster.
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Weird old sunset over Kingswear
Not sure how to describe it. Weird passes muster.
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Weird old sunset over Kingswear
22 October 2022 - 14:31:52
Dartmouth Food Festival gets bigger with each passing year with marquees now extending all along the embankment. Tall ship Pelican of London provided a backdrop.
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Dartmouth Food Festival
Dartmouth Food Festival gets bigger with each passing year with marquees now extending all along the embankment. Tall ship Pelican of London provided a backdrop.
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Dartmouth Food Festival
22 October 2022 - 14:35:15
No idea if these are edible (keeping the Dartmouth Food Festival theme) but look what arrived on our lawn over the weekend.
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Not mushroom for Fungi in Dartmouth
No idea if these are edible (keeping the Dartmouth Food Festival theme) but look what arrived on our lawn over the weekend.
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Not mushroom for Fungi in Dartmouth
22 October 2022 - 14:36:18
In one night, this lot grew on the office lawn. All gone two days later. But then some say I'm a fun guy to be around.
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Not mushroom for Fungi in Dartmouth
In one night, this lot grew on the office lawn. All gone two days later. But then some say I'm a fun guy to be around.
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Not mushroom for Fungi in Dartmouth
22 October 2022 - 18:39:24
Despite some ahem, inclement weather, crowds arrived for Dartmouth increasingly successful Food Festival
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Dartmouth Food Festival at night
Despite some ahem, inclement weather, crowds arrived for Dartmouth increasingly successful Food Festival
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Dartmouth Food Festival at night
23 October 2022 - 15:24:08
The building thus far erected at Noss on Dart are beginning to approach completion. Still at least two more major projects yet to break ground.
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Noss on Dart marina finishing touches
The building thus far erected at Noss on Dart are beginning to approach completion. Still at least two more major projects yet to break ground.
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Noss on Dart marina finishing touches
23 October 2022 - 15:28:28
Even if you can't see the actual train, the continual trail of smoke and steam showed a busy old weekend for the crew as the train passes above Noss on Dart.
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Paignton - Kingswear railway.
Even if you can't see the actual train, the continual trail of smoke and steam showed a busy old weekend for the crew as the train passes above Noss on Dart.
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Paignton - Kingswear railway.