2020 June 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

JUNE 2020 TVFTDO

The river is finally coming alive.

Pontoons have returned from their extended winter break.

The Passenger Ferry is back in action.

And the Navy and Border Force have made their presence felt.

Wonderful birds of prey, preying above us.

Superyacht Bunty popped in for a brief visit.

And a river swim

There are 429 Photos in this album over 9 pages. Click on a thumbnail to see it larger. You can even start a slide show.

01 June 2020 - 07-14-04
Three university squadron river patrol vessels in overnight
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HMS Blazer P279, HMS Dasher P280, HMS Exploit P167

01 June 2020 - 07-15-00
Border Force vessel HMC Searcher ties up alongside the fuel barge..
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HMC Searcher

01 June 2020 - 08-35-26
The return of the passenger ferry.
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Dartmouth - Kingswear passenger ferry

01 June 2020 - 08-35-34
First day of the Passenger ferry following lockdown. (this might even be the very first run)
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Dartmouth - Kingswear passenger ferry

01 June 2020 - 07-18-00
The visitor's pontoon up and ready for business.
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Visitor's pontoon by Dartmouth yacht club

01 June 2020 - 08-36-07
The engine was smoking slightly, so was this the first run of the new season ?
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Dartmouth - Kingswear passenger ferry

01 June 2020 - 08-37-34
The family fair skipped their way up the gangplank (or walkway in this instance)
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Dartmouth - Kingswear passenger ferry

01 June 2020 - 08-58-00
The river Dart finally looking busy, busy.
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Passenger Ferry & HMC Searcher

01 June 2020 - 08-58-14
Off to try and locate some naughty people.
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HMC Searcher

01 June 2020 - 09-01-59
The light at this time of day fair twinkles.
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HMC Searcher

01 June 2020 - 09-02-03
Her Majesty's Coastguard Cutter Searcher.
Why are they called cutters ? Turns out it's a British thing that much of the world has copied (including the US). All customs ships are known as cutters.
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HMC Searcher

01 June 2020 - 09-12-46
These university squadron craft seem very busy. Maybe it isn't just training runs.
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HMS Exploit (P167).

01 June 2020 - 09-52-10
Look carefully and you'll see the silhouette of a builder taking the roof off.
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01 June 2020 - 11-01-31
Yet another riverside property getting the Kingswear upgrade.
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Kingswear construction.

01 June 2020 - 12-10-31
HM Coastguard chopper passed by. But never made it into the river.
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HM Coastguard helicopter

01 June 2020 - 12-55-07
Low approach from this Merlin coming downriver from Dittisham
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ZH851 Royal Navy Merlin of RNAS Culdrose

01 June 2020 - 12-56-34
A quick swing up Old Mill Creek and then another loop over and then behind the Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC, Dartmouth).
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ZH851 Royal Navy Merlin of RNAS Culdrose

01 June 2020 - 12-56-36
Probably a great sight if you were on a boat in Old Mill Creek, Dartmouth
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ZH851 Royal Navy Merlin of RNAS Culdrose

01 June 2020 - 12-57-09
Finally exiting downriver.
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ZH851 Royal Navy Merlin of RNAS Culdrose

01 June 2020 - 12-57-11
Almost head on - TVFTDO is on the outside of the riverbed, so we rarely get to see the whites of the pilots' eyes.
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ZH851 Royal Navy Merlin of RNAS Culdrose

01 June 2020 - 12-57-38
And out past Kingswear Castle. Low, but not THAT low.
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ZH851 Royal Navy Merlin of RNAS Culdrose

01 June 2020 - 12-57-58
Then behind Gallants Bower and away down the west coast
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ZH851 Royal Navy Merlin of RNAS Culdrose

01 June 2020 - 13-33-50
Sooner or later one of these magnificent birds is going to be close enough for a head shot. Probably not smiling though.
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Buzzard over Dartmouth, Devon

01 June 2020 - 15-16-03
The university squadron boats have been in and out all weekend. Exploit returns to the river Dart
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HMS Exploit P167

01 June 2020 - 15-17-33
These are Archer class river patrol vessels.
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HMS Exploit P167 in Dartmouth

01 June 2020 - 15-18-06
The rather aptly named HMS Pursuer follows Exploit in past Kingswear Castle
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Archer class patrol vessel HMS Pursuer P273

01 June 2020 - 17-34-23

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Royal Navy Merlin ZH834 of 824 Squadron

01 June 2020 - 17-35-51
Merlin did a quick couple of laps of BRNC, Dartmouthand then sped off back the way he came (northwards)
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Royal Navy Merlin ZH834 of 824 Squadron

01 June 2020 - 17-37-42
An aerial view of Merlin. Ho ho. If I were totally naff I might write ROFL. But I am not (I hope) and so I won't.
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Royal Navy Merlin ZH834 of 824 Squadron

02 June 2020 - 07-58-23
The dinghy pontoon returns from its extended winter break.
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RDYC pontoon

02 June 2020 - 10-06-12
Manoeuvred into position in a socially distanced responsible way.
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RDYC pontoon

02 June 2020 - 11-40-44
Luscious Lexi nips out for a run.
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Princess R35 sports boat Lexi.

02 June 2020 - 11-42-13
Heading out of Dartmouth for a few hours for more trials.
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Terror, cargo tender to RRS Sir David Attenborough

02 June 2020 - 11-42-54
Terror will be one of the support craft for the the RRS Sir David Attenborough our new polar research vessel.
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Terror, cargo tender to RRS Sir David Attenborough

02 June 2020 - 11-43-46
The cockpit will have heavy duty heating to combat the Polar cold. Not needed today though.
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Terror, cargo tender to RRS Sir David Attenborough

02 June 2020 - 12-24-40
We've got ourselves a convoy. Quite a trail heading out of the river this lunchtime
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Yachts in Dartmouth, Devon

02 June 2020 - 12-44-28
A low arrival via Dittisham
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Royal Navy Wildcat ZZ375

02 June 2020 - 12-44-55
The river Dart is the helicopter world'sextension of the M5 and the A38.
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Royal Navy Wildcat ZZ375's

02 June 2020 - 12-45-03
'Take the M5 which becomes the A38 then turn left at Buckfastleigh, take the Dart to Dartmouth and turn right for Plymouth:. Easy.
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Royal Navy Wildcat ZZ375

02 June 2020 - 12-45-07
"and don't go above 150 feet as you pass Kingswear".
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Royal Navy Wildcat ZZ375

02 June 2020 - 12-45-16
Low, but nowhere near the record.
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Royal Navy Wildcat ZZ375

02 June 2020 - 12-49-31
Travelling from Yantian in China to Rotterdam, HMM Algeciras crosses the end of the river Dart. They probably didn't even notice.
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400m container ship HMM Algeciras

02 June 2020 - 13-11-56
There's pirates on the river Dart ?
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Pirate boat & Dartmouth Lower Ferry

02 June 2020 - 13-12-45
Is this a hi-jack ? An attempt to board the Lower Ferry? Captain Hauley doesn't seem all that perturbed.
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Pirate boat & Dartmouth Lower Ferry

02 June 2020 - 13-20-20
Our favourite 'landing craft' or cargo tender as it's described. Heading to the poles (north and south).
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Cargo tender Terror

02 June 2020 - 13-20-35
According to their website..... The Crabber 26 is a stable, well-mannered family cruiser with generous accommodation below deck and an uncompromised sailing performance unexpected from a classic styled gaffer.
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Cornish Crabber 26. Sail number 10.

02 June 2020 - 14-26-48
Hammering their way through the rock and shallot over at Mayflower Waters.
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Kingswear construction

02 June 2020 - 14-39-39
Motor launch Inconnue was heading Salcombe way.
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Motor launch Inconnue

02 June 2020 - 14-40-05
Always smiling Tracie and her friend acknowledge the appreciative crowd at Bayards.
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Tracie from The Fox Exchange on her paddle board.

02 June 2020 - 17-12-39
A happy family day out on the river Dart
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White clinker built small launch

02 June 2020 - 17-47-52
Every helicopter has to be snapped as they pass by Dartmouth and Kingswear.
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Royal Navy Merlin ZH850

02 June 2020 - 17-49-25
Why is the college 'dressed' ?
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Bunting at BRNC, Dartmouth

02 June 2020 - 17-49-52
And the University boats too.
HMS Exploit (P167) & HMS Purser (P273) and one other.
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Navy Archer class boats dressed.

02 June 2020 - 17-58-34
No school. So time for a proper childhood.
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RDYC pontoon swimming

02 June 2020 - 18-05-28
Once on the pontoon, time for a chat (they tried to keep a social distance) and then time to depart.
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RDYC pontoon swimming

02 June 2020 - 18-06-29
Swimming back to the yacht club slipway.
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RDYC pontoon swimming

02 June 2020 - 20-45-34
Lockdown over, time to use the toy.
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Sundancer 455 motor boat Escapology

02 June 2020 - 20-49-03
Dusk visit from Royal Navy Merlin ZH851
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Royal Navy Merlin ZH851

02 June 2020 - 20-49-18
Really, it was much darker than it looks in the biccie.
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Royal Navy Merlin ZH851

03 June 2020 - 12-47-31
More major digging over at Mayflower Waters.
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Kingswear Construction

03 June 2020 - 17-15-33
Sailing yacht Naughty Call (getting?) with the small but perfectly formed tender Seabed of Dartmouth
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SY Naught Call & Seabed of Dartmouth

03 June 2020 - 17-35-45
A brief visit in the early evening from a Royal Navy Merlin helicopter.
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Royal Navy Merlin ZH832

03 June 2020 - 17-54-42
One nonchalant helicopter crew member films on his phone as the RN Merlin flies over Dartmouth.
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Royal Navy Merlin ZJ129

03 June 2020 - 17-54-45
Very cool. The crew of Merlin ZJ129 take in the view (and Dartmouth is a nice view).
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Royal Navy Merlin helicopter ZJ129

03 June 2020 - 17-55-46
And then away eastwards past the Daymark.
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Royal Navy Merlin ZJ129

03 June 2020 - 18-31-47
Sailing yachts Lulotte (1355R), Assassin (407)and Dart Magic (7767R) 'race' on Wednesday evening on the river Dart.
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Yachts Assassin, Lulotte, Dart Magic

03 June 2020 - 18-32-50
Assassin swiftly set off in the lead.
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Yachts Lulotte, Assassin,,

03 June 2020 - 18-33-27
Impromptu Wednesday evening racing, with three yachts taking part. Yes, there's a fourth in the pic. It's moored and has no sail up. Those are the clues that let you deduce it's not in the race.
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Yachts, Lulotte, Dart Magic, Assassin

03 June 2020 - 19-20-03
Gull winged and therefore very unstable. Lulotte leads Dart Magic (Assassin has already finished. Time for the handicap system to come into operation.
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Yachts Lulotte, Dart Magic

04 June 2020 - 09-20-35
On the horizon is Sailing Powerplay an extremely fast and serious racing trimaran (doing 21 knots in this pic). On the right is Sunswept Too, a 13m pleasure yacht
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Racing trimaran Sailing Powerplay, SY Sunswept Too.

04 June 2020 - 09-44-38
L-R MFV Stephanie (M177) out of Brixham, 30m long, 13.NM away. The world's biggest superyacht, Dilbar 156m long 20.4NM away. HMS Exploit 21 m long patrol vessel 3.32NM away.
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MFV Stephanie, Superyacht Dilbar, HMS Exploit

04 June 2020 - 11-18-24
Clearing the river embankment - from the railway line. Grass cutting the tank engine way.
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Dartmouth Steam Railway maintenance

04 June 2020 - 12-36-36
Anyone know what the extra crane was doing up at Noss marina
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Noss on Dart marina construction

04 June 2020 - 14-17-46
More construction kit arriving in the river towed by tug Mariana K
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Noss on Dart marina construction. Tug Mariana K

04 June 2020 - 14-21-12
It was difficult to see from our position - nearly two miles away. Heat haze didn't help.
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Noss on Dart marina construction

04 June 2020 - 14-27-44
It would help if the buzzards would fly this low whilst approaching us. But it looks very elegant.
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Buzzard over Dartmouth, Devon

05 June 2020 - 08-31-13
Part of the Trinity Trust, Brixham barge Provident is taken from her town jetty mooring to one just north of Noss on Dart. Sad times, these craft should be at sea with disadvantaged kids aboard learning to enjoy themselves.
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Barge Provident

05 June 2020 - 08-36-20
Deep digging over in Kingswear.
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Mayflower Waters. Kingswear construction

05 June 2020 - 13-23-53
Fishing hasn't stopped. Just slowed down.
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Dartmouth MFV Superb-Us DH99

05 June 2020 - 13-25-02
The Brixham barge Golden Vanity (on the left) has seen better days, and is now awaiting a new owner.
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Barge Golden Vanity, Dartmouth Princess, HMS Exploit

05 June 2020 - 15-06-32
Looks lovely. Now keep viewing and see how this looked six hours later.
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05 June 2020 - 15-15-41
Back on her long standing mooring. The rather special and way past pensionable age, Matawa.
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Classic yacht Matawa

05 June 2020 - 20-33-22
A wonderful evening light produced these colours with no need of that dreadful electronic adjustment called saturation.
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Darthaven marina

05 June 2020 - 20-34-24
Hoodown woods and the fields around the Golf House grab the last of the evening light.
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Hoodown Woods, Golf House, moorings.

05 June 2020 - 21-29-57
Slightly different to the view at 3pm on this afternoon. A downpour no less. A heck, it lasted two minutes. Long enough to get soaked whilst getting the washing in.
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Kingswear general view

06 June 2020 - 12-31-16
From Singapore to Maasvlakte (Rotterdam port) via....Brixham. Where they picked up their pilot for the channel.
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Container ship NYK Virgo, 338.17m long.

06 June 2020 - 13-49-25
Saturday afternoon launch of the Dart lifeboat, heading for Dittishamm.
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Dart RNLI Lifeboat launch No. 429

06 June 2020 - 13-49-38
Two kayakers reported to be aground on Flat Owers mudbank - off goes the D Class ILB
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Dart RNLI Lifeboat launch No. 429

06 June 2020 - 16-04-38
Yet another cruise ship making a temporary break from its mooring in Weymouth. At least Arcadia passed the end of the river. Earlier two others, Britannia and Azura turned back east just before coming into view. Spoilsports.
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Cruise ship Arcadia

06 June 2020 - 16-26-31
Odd place for a yacht to moor in Warfleet Creek. Yachts have keels. Creeks have tides.
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Warfleet mooring

06 June 2020 - 16-29-33
Dartmouth beauty Sarabande is returned to its mooring by Dart Harbour crew
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Classic yacht Sarabande

06 June 2020 - 16-50-11
Heading for Montreal from Antwerp, this 183m tanker passed by at a fair lick. I wonder how that translates ?
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Oil / Chemical tanker High Courage

07 June 2020 - 14-00-53
This rather interesting craft has tandem pedals driving Hobie's mirage drives. Four paddle fins underneath power things when there is not enough wind.
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Hobie Mirage Tandem Island trimaran kayak

07 June 2020 - 14-05-40
At one point this seal popped up just ten or twelve feet behind the Hobie. Did I get that ? No. This is the closest caught on film.
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Hobie Mirage Tandem Island kayak + seal.

07 June 2020 - 14-05-50
And here's the seal looking quite bemused by the unusual yellow boat.
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Seal in the river Dart

07 June 2020 - 14-06-30
He wasn't around for long and soon got back to his fishing.
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Seal in the river Dart

07 June 2020 - 14-10-00
A sight to gladden the eyes. Four unnecessaries departing from these waters.
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Jet Skis. Pah!

07 June 2020 - 16-50-33
This Coastguard chopper appeared to be heading north when it suddenly swung south and headed out to sea.
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Coastguard Sikorsky helicopter G-MCGZ

07 June 2020 - 16-50-39
Maybe they went out to help search for the person who fell overboard from the Stena Horizon way out in the Channel?
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Coastguard Sikorsky helicopter G-MCGZ

07 June 2020 - 23-00-24
There was a cancelled RNLI launch late in the evening, always a good excuse to try and photograph something you can't see. Even if it was there.
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Night shot of Dartmouth Higher Ferry slipway.

08 June 2020 - 07-42-01
That's a tight move to berth for Dartmouth's largest fishing vessel.
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Dartmouth fishing boat William Henry II

08 June 2020 - 08-31-08
I wonder how much it is to "fill 'er up" ?
The William Henry II is refuelled.
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Dartmouth fishing boat William Henry II

08 June 2020 - 10-14-24
Helicopter Aerospatiale SA365N2 Dauphin 2 Serial 6406 Register ZJ164 G- BTLC used by Fleet Air Arm (Royal Navy)
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Royal Navy Dauphin helicopter ZJ164

08 June 2020 - 10-14-57
Nice boat. If only we knew its name. That plate on the back says Salcombe. Not likely to be the name of the boat though.
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Old fashion motor cruise + stay sail mast

08 June 2020 - 10-16-03
This is a first. The first photo of a horse on TVFTDO. Coming down Redoubt Hill. Undoubtedly.
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Horseriders on Redoubt Hill, Kingswear

08 June 2020 - 10-16-11
And there's two of them. Horses and riders.
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Horseriders on Redoubt Hill, Kingswear

08 June 2020 - 11-09-22
Container ship NYK Oceanus 336m long, travelling from Le Havre to Port Said, Egypt (due there on the 15th)
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Container ship NYK Oceanus passes Dartmouth

08 June 2020 - 11-10-42
A few ton of flotsam is liked out of the river.
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Dart Harbour crew work

08 June 2020 - 12-15-49
Regular visitor on another low flyby. Caught very late by me.
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Probably G-AZJV

08 June 2020 - 17-50-27
On route somewhere fast. The Devon Air Ambulance
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Devon Air Ambulance G-DAAN

08 June 2020 - 17-50-31
Headed south.
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Devon Air Ambulance G-DAAN

09 June 2020 - 09-27-32
Look carefully through the tarpaulin - the roofs coming off.
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Kingswear construction

09 June 2020 - 09-40-16
Guesswork: Sea Eagle being prepared for paying customers due to arrive soon ?
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High speed rib Sea Eagle

09 June 2020 - 09-43-01
Never seen a yacht going in so close to Bayards before.Look inside by clicking the pic and you'll see how close in they went.
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Bayards bottom buffing

09 June 2020 - 09-43-05
I have since learned they were scraping their bottom and any boat that wants to do that does, of course, have to go in close.
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Bayards bottom buffing

09 June 2020 - 09-45-21
Look carefully and you can just about see the aft mast.
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Bayards bottom buffing

09 June 2020 - 09-46-58
Probably testing the waters waiting for the right point of the tide to go in and moor up.
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Bayards bottom buffing

09 June 2020 - 11-03-09 (1)
We've seen a flying mouse and a flying grass snake - both in the mouths of buzzards. Here's a flying shrew. Well and truly tamed.
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Buzzard with a shrew in its mouth

09 June 2020 - 11-03-32.
The closest shot so far of one of these large birds with a kill.
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Buzzard with a shrew in its mouth

09 June 2020 - 11-03-32
He was being chased by gulls and so circled a few times. Probably just taunting them.
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Buzzard with a shrew in its mouth

09 June 2020 - 11-03-09 (2)
But you do have to feel for the shrew. Hopefully it wasn't still alive at this point.
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Buzzard with a shrew in its mouth

09 June 2020 - 13-14-21
Chinooks have such a distinctive sound, and they are hardly stealth aircraft. So this one could be heard for some minutes before it came into sight. Looked like it was coming up river when the driver turned left and headed down the coast.
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RAF Chinook

09 June 2020 - 17-02-39
HeliOps are based in Portland and provide search and rescue training to the German Navy
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HeliOperations XV666 Sea King Mk5

09 June 2020 - 17-02-40
A rare flyby from one of the last Sea Kings operating in the UK
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HeliOperations XV666 Sea King Mk5

09 June 2020 - 17-02-51
Off and away past the Daymark
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XV666 Sea King Mk5 of HeliOperations

09 June 2020 - 17-03-17
Back into Dartmouth, trimaran Triton. She is seeing a lot of action this year.
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Trimaran Triton

09 June 2020 - 17-03-58
And back again, past the Daymark.
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HeliOperations XV666 Sea King Mk5

09 June 2020 - 18-01-05
SD Navigator is the boat that sometimes comes in and services the Navy dockyard buoys up at Sandquay.
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Workboat SD Navigator

09 June 2020 - 18-02-06
Whatever the marine equivalent description of aerodynamic is, this boat is not.
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Workboat SD Navigator

09 June 2020 - 18-04-22
But SD Navigator does seem to have a spanking new crane aboard.
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Workboat SD Navigator

09 June 2020 - 18-19-28
One of the nicest looking boats on the river this season. The highly polished Eleanor Mary.
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Classic lines of MV Eleanor Mary

09 June 2020 - 18-40-24
Privately owned and not too interested in Dartmouth (flew straight over), a Guimbal helicopter.
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G-XFYF Guimbal Cabri G2 helicopter

10 June 2020 - 08-24-00
Terror gets a tankful. Cargo tender ship Terror (brand new) fills its fuel tanks from an embankment-side tanker.
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Terror cargo tender refuelled in Dartmouth

10 June 2020 - 11-47-23
Greedy thing. Yet another mouse learns it can fly. Against its will.
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Buzzard and its prey.

10 June 2020 - 12-29-40
HMS Puncher (P291) and HMS Ranger (P293) set to get their fill at the Dartmouth fuel barge.
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River patrol vessels Puncher and Ranger

10 June 2020 - 12-32-04
That's a serious bit pf camera kit on the boat on the left. Off out to shoot some promo footage of the Sea Eagle rib.
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Filming Sea Eagle rib

10 June 2020 - 12-32-08
Looks like a gimbal stabilised rig. Look it up.
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Filming Sea Eagle rib

10 June 2020 - 12-33-52
The Devon and Cornwall helicopter spent a short while circling the farmland north of the Daymark.
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Devon and Cornwall Police helicopter G-DCPB

10 June 2020 - 12-36-14
And then after ten minutes they were gone.
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Devon and Cornwall Police helicopter G-DCPB

10 June 2020 - 12-58-54
HMS Puncher (P291) and HMS Ranger (P293) get their fill at the Dartmouth fuel barge.
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River patrol vessels Puncher and Ranger

10 June 2020 - 16-12-09
NO twitcher me. Is this a cormorant. Trying to out limbo the following Chinook.
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Low flying cormorant.

10 June 2020 - 16-31-24
This looked very eerie at first. Just two light piercing through the grey.
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From RAF Odiham - Chinook ZH775 in the mist

10 June 2020 - 16-31-36
Gradually the shape of the aircraft emerged. But the unmistakable sound denied the need to visual i.d. A Chinook and no mistake.
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From RAF Odiham - Chinook ZH775 in the mist

10 June 2020 - 16-31-43
Following the river Dart southwards passing Noss-on-Dart and the the Dart Marina hotel (please reopen soon).
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From RAF Odiham - Chinook ZH775 in the mist

10 June 2020 - 16-32-02
And then to the town of Dartmouth. 'Headlight' blazing and barrelling along at about 100ft. Low.
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From RAF Odiham - Chinook ZH775 in the mist

10 June 2020 - 16-32-06
And it seemed to get even lower.
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From RAF Odiham - Chinook ZH775 in the mist

10 June 2020 - 16-32-11
Despite the weather there were a few other river users around. About the folk on that motor boat had a bit of a shock.
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From RAF Odiham - Chinook ZH775 in the mist

10 June 2020 - 16-32-16
Not the best weather for rubber-necking. But quite possibly the best position.
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From RAF Odiham - Chinook ZH775 in the mist

10 June 2020 - 16-32-18
Told you it was low.
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From RAF Odiham - Chinook ZH775 in the mist

10 June 2020 - 16-32-23
Just the one run, from north to south passing Inverdart Boathouse low enough to see the swimming pool.
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From RAF Odiham - Chinook ZH775 in the mist

10 June 2020 - 16-32-38
Then out the end of the river. Making a point of missing the kayakers. And off down the coast westwards.
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From RAF Odiham - Chinook ZH775 in the mist

11 June 2020 - 13-38-38
It's the dock for the day for Puncher and Ranger.
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HMS Puncher (P291) and HMS Ranger (P293)

11 June 2020 - 14-15-34
Hooray - two Lower Ferries in action. And busy too!
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Dartmouth's lockdown Lower Ferries.

11 June 2020 - 16-00-53
A strange gentle mist around all day. But the sky above cleared and even turned blue.
Even the intrusive tree looks good.
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Kingswear general view.

12 June 2020 - 00-06-29
Surely you can recognise this ? It's the Queen Mary 2 passing the end of the river (left to right, east to west). Obvious, really.
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Cruise ship Queen Mary 2

12 June 2020 - 00-12-58
Slightly easier - at least you can see this is probably a ship, another cruise ship. It's Arcadia passing the end of the river too. Going right to left (west to east).
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Cruise ship Arcadia passes Dartmouth

12 June 2020 - 00-15-00
The ships were both on little down channel jaunt after some days at anchor. Presumably to check all the systems aboard still work.
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Cruise ship Arcadia passes Dartmouth

12 June 2020 - 00-16-06
Here's Arcadia about to disappear behind the Kingswear headland.
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Cruise ship Arcadia passes Dartmouth

12 June 2020 - 09-02-52
Out of the water for a spruce up. Unusual craft, there are posters in the windows about mapping the sea. Last photographed by TVFTDO on 20th March 2018.
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Survey / mapping ? boat Torquay

12 June 2020 - 09-44-55
A long concrete pour through this pump over in Kingswear as a new house emerges.
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Concrete pump - Kingswear construction.

12 June 2020 - 12-57-40
No sign of a name or model. It's a water ski boat, it would seems/ Any ideas anyone ?
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Unknown water ski boat.

12 June 2020 - 18-32-31
After a very dull day indeed, the sun started to emerge through some mist over the Daymark.
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Sun and mist over Kingswear headland.

12 June 2020 - 18-33-10
The Daymark came and went at the mercy of the mist.
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Mist over Daymark, Kingswear.

12 June 2020 - 18-33-56
A-ha, so this is the cargo that Terror, the cargo tender to RRS Sir David Attenborough is to carry.
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Terror, cargo tender to RRS Sir David Attenborough

12 June 2020 - 18-34-21
That'll drive well in Antartica.
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Terror, cargo tender to RRS Sir David Attenborough

12 June 2020 - 18-42-32
Another grey day improves at the end.
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Kingswear headland in mist and sun.

12 June 2020 - 19-05-14
Not often visible to us, it takes a high tide and a westerly wind to blow it out from behind the headland at Froward Point. - the West Rock buoy. A South Cardinal buoy, about three metres in diameter and weighing about six tons. It's a big buoy.
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West Rock South Cardinal buoy, Dartmouth

12 June 2020 - 20-07-51
Where's our Daymark ?
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Daymark in the mist, Kingswear

13 June 2020 - 16-30-10
Border Force cutter HMS Searcher comes into Dartmouth to top up the fuel tanks and pick up their Green Shield stamps.
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Border Force cutter HMS Searcher in Dartmouth

13 June 2020 - 15-05-37
As you can see, that took an hour and twenty five minutes.
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Border Force cutter HMS Searcher leaves Dartmouth

13 June 2020 - 23-36-57

13 June 2020 - 23-43-15

14 June 2020 - 10-01-14

14 June 2020 - 11-24-14

14 June 2020 - 13-22-52

14 June 2020 - 14-08-42
The river is getting busy. But then, so it should on a pleasant June Saturday. Except for lockdown
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Sunday on the river Dart

14 June 2020 - 17-50-01
Love Me Tender
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Tender to Matawa

15 June 2020 - 09-04-48
A thoroughly pleasant, thoroughly decent sky for a Sunday in June.
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Kingswear general view

15 June 2020 - 10-04-07
Does nowhere escape the curse of the Kingswear scaffolder?
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Kingswear St Thomas church

15 June 2020 - 12-30-06
Lower than usual, a microlight seemingly converted from a Sinclair C5. (It says it's a Pegasus Quantum Leap.
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Microlight G-BYRJ

15 June 2020 - 12-30-43
Truly it didn't look as though the clouds were that low. But into them he went over Gallants Bower, Dartmouth.
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Microlight G-BYRJ

15 June 2020 - 12-31-51
The Kingswear moorings are not exactly filled to capacity.
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Kingswear moorings

15 June 2020 - 14-20-16
A Merlin helicopter flyover. Hung around for a while. Wonder why.....
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Royal Navy Merlin ZH854

15 June 2020 - 14-25-51
And then a low run from a Wildcat.
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Royal Navy Wildcat ZZ534.

15 June 2020 - 14-25-54
Not low, low, low. Just low, low. ie, low enough.
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Royal Navy Wildcat ZZ534.

15 June 2020 - 14-26-11
And out to sea. I reckon the Merlin was there to snap the Wildcat's run.
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Royal Navy Wildcat ZZ534.

15 June 2020 - 14-27-50
The Merlin then departed.
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Royal Navy Merlin ZH854

15 June 2020 - 16-14-19
Later, another Wildcat came through......
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Royal Navy Wildcat ZZ375

15 June 2020 - 16-14-30 - (01)
....and had a race that only the Wildcat was going to win.
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Royal Navy Wildcat ZZ375 & seagull

15 June 2020 - 16-14-30 - (02)
Even, if, for a brief moment the seagull had an advantage.
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Royal Navy Wildcat ZZ375 & seagull

15 June 2020 - 16-14-34
The Wildcat had stamina.
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Royal Navy Wildcat ZZ375

15 June 2020 - 16-14-42
Another semi-low pass of the Daymark.
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Royal Navy Wildcat ZZ375

15 June 2020 - 21-45-48
Just a technical experiment. Can a helicopter be snapped at night. It appears that one of Devon and Cornwall's police helicopters most certainly can.
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Devon and Cornwall Police helicopter

16 June 2020 - 12-18-53

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16 June 2020 - 15-13-55

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Buzzard hunting over Dartmouth

16 June 2020 - 18-52-09
Container ship HMM Algeciras 400m long Travelling from Thames to....well it said to Thames ? Yet a day later it was crossing the Bay of Biscay.
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Container ship HMM Algeciras passes Dartmouth

17 June 2020 - 11-46-40

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17 June 2020 - 14-28-29

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17 June 2020 - 16-32-16 – Version 2
Dennis the buzzard (those eyebrows !)
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Buzzard hunting over Dartmouth

13 June 2020 - 23-43-15

13 June 2020 - 23-36-57

17 June 2020 - 16-32-16

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Buzzard hunting over Dartmouth

17 June 2020 - 16-32-18

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Buzzard hunting over Dartmouth

17 June 2020 - 16-32-19

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Buzzard hunting over Dartmouth

13 June 2020 - 23-36-57

13 June 2020 - 16-30-10

17 June 2020 - 23-20-38

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18 June 2020 - 06-30-37

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18 June 2020 - 06-31-43

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18 June 2020 - 06-32-44

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18 June 2020 - 06-33-43

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18 June 2020 - 09-22-36

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18 June 2020 - 12-30-59

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18 June 2020 - 12-31-09

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RAF Chinook ZA683 heads south

18 June 2020 - 12-31-14

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RAF Chinook ZA683 heads south

18 June 2020 - 12-31-19

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RAF Chinook ZA683 heads south

18 June 2020 - 12-31-28

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RAF Chinook ZA683 heads south

18 June 2020 - 16-05-16

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RAF Chinook ZA683 returns heading north

18 June 2020 - 16-05-20

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RAF Chinook ZA683 returns heading north

18 June 2020 - 16-05-30

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RAF Chinook ZA683 returns heading north

18 June 2020 - 16-05-32

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RAF Chinook ZA683 returns heading north

18 June 2020 - 16-05-44

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18 June 2020 - 16-05-48

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RAF Chinook ZA683 returns heading north

18 June 2020 - 16-05-58

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RAF Chinook ZA683 returns heading north

18 June 2020 - 16-06-06

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RAF Chinook ZA683 returns heading north

19 June 2020 - 11-19-21

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19 June 2020 - 11-22-00

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19 June 2020 - 13-46-29
Crude oil tanker Jaham 332m long travelling from Sidi Kerir (Egypt). 7NM away
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Crude oil tanker Jaham passes Dartmouth

19 June 2020 - 15-18-47
Container ship Maersk Ohio 292m long. From Bremerhaven to New York. 9NM away from the camera.
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Container ship Maersk Ohio passes Dartmouth

20 June 2020 - 09-10-30

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20 June 2020 - 12-42-05

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20 June 2020 - 12-47-31

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Kestrel hovering and hunting over Dartmouth

20 June 2020 - 12-47-36

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Kestrel hovering and hunting over Dartmouth

20 June 2020 - 12-47-45

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Kestrel hovering and hunting over Dartmouth

20 June 2020 - 12-48-42
Yes, pleased with this. A kestrel hovering right over our garden. Astonishing to watch - his head stays almost immobile. All the peter to catch a vole or two.
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Kestrel hovering and hunting over Dartmouth

20 June 2020 - 12-53-44

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20 June 2020 - 13-49-26

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20 June 2020 - 13-49-58

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20 June 2020 - 13-52-57

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20 June 2020 - 14-47-57

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20 June 2020 - 15-06-31

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20 June 2020 - 15-09-47

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Buzzard hunting over Dartmouth

20 June 2020 - 15-09-51

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Buzzard hunting over Dartmouth

20 June 2020 - 15-10-52
Mol Tribute 400m long container ship travelling from Rotterdam to the Suez Canal . 6.5NM away
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Mol Tribute passing Dartmouth

20 June 2020 - 16-17-03
Vehicle carrier Polaris Ace 188m long Jacksonville, US to Brixham 6.17NM away
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Vehicle carrier Polaris Ace passes Dartmouth

20 June 2020 - 16-25-30

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20 June 2020 - 16-59-33

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20 June 2020 - 16-59-35

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21 June 2020 - 09-53-39

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21 June 2020 - 10-29-46

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21 June 2020 - 10-31-33

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21 June 2020 - 10-31-47

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21 June 2020 - 09-53-39

21 June 2020 - 10-29-46

21 June 2020 - 10-31-33

21 June 2020 - 10-31-47

21 June 2020 - 10-58-16

21 June 2020 - 12-41-48

22 June 2020 - 07-18-36

22 June 2020 - 09-50-42

22 June 2020 - 14-45-27

22 June 2020 - 14-47-36

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Kestrel hovering and hunting over Dartmouth

22 June 2020 - 14-47-42

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Kestrel hovering and hunting over Dartmouth

22 June 2020 - 14-47-43

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Kestrel hovering and hunting over Dartmouth

22 June 2020 - 14-48-40

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Kestrel hovering and hunting over Dartmouth

22 June 2020 - 15-49-19

22 June 2020 - 18-47-22

22 June 2020 - 18-49-58

22 June 2020 - 18-50-05

22 June 2020 - 18-50-34

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Buzzard hunting over Dartmouth

22 June 2020 - 18-51-31

23 June 2020 - 13-54-04

23 June 2020 - 15-17-02

23 June 2020 - 15-17-54

23 June 2020 - 15-19-04

23 June 2020 - 15-24-42

23 June 2020 - 16-15-50

23 June 2020 - 16-16-01

23 June 2020 - 17-08-07

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RibEye ribs photoshoot

23 June 2020 - 17-12-36

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RibEye ribs photoshoot

23 June 2020 - 17-13-09

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RibEye ribs photoshoot

23 June 2020 - 17-15-20

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RibEye ribs photoshoot

23 June 2020 - 17-16-02

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RibEye ribs photoshoot

23 June 2020 - 17-17-37

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RibEye ribs photoshoot

23 June 2020 - 17-22-00

23 June 2020 - 17-22-19

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RibEye ribs photoshoot

23 June 2020 - 18-02-35

23 June 2020 - 18-14-25

23 June 2020 - 19-49-23

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RibEye ribs photoshoot

23 June 2020 - 19-50-57

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RibEye ribs photoshoot

24 June 2020 - 10-01-34

24 June 2020 - 10-02-31

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24 June 2020 - 11-53-06

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26 June 2020 - 08-36-48

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Superyacht Bunty arrives in Dartmouth

26 June 2020 - 08-38-50

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Superyacht Bunty arrives in Dartmouth

26 June 2020 - 08-39-21

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Superyacht Bunty arrives in Dartmouth

26 June 2020 - 08-39-29

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Superyacht Bunty arrives in Dartmouth

26 June 2020 - 08-40-57

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Superyacht Bunty arrives in Dartmouth

26 June 2020 - 08-41-09

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Superyacht Bunty arrives in Dartmouth

26 June 2020 - 08-42-45

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Superyacht Bunty arrives in Dartmouth

26 June 2020 - 08-43-18

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Superyacht Bunty arrives in Dartmouth

26 June 2020 - 08-44-19

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Superyacht Bunty arrives in Dartmouth

26 June 2020 - 08-45-00
36.6 metres long, the crew of Bunty manoeuvre the craft towards the Dartmouth town jetty.
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Superyacht Bunty arrives in Dartmouth

26 June 2020 - 08-46-52
The huge fenders were hardly needed as Bunty comes in to 'kiss' the pontoon.
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Superyacht Bunty arrives in Dartmouth

26 June 2020 - 08-47-02
First line attached.
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Superyacht Bunty arrives in Dartmouth

26 June 2020 - 08-48-13
And now for a more secure attachment.
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Superyacht Bunty arrives in Dartmouth

26 June 2020 - 08-50-49
Down at the end of Revensbury Drive, workboat MC-1 is loading up with waste from the rebuilding of the little pink cottage.
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Dartmouth pink cottage reconstruction

26 June 2020 - 13-39-14
Some serious rodding going on down on the Embankment.
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Dartmouth Embankment fishing

26 June 2020 - 15-29-28
Trinity House Vessel Mair comes in for an overnight stay. All to check on one buoy - the yellow cross at Warfleet comes under Trinity House jurisdiction.
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THV Mair maintenance ship.

26 June 2020 - 16-01-20
After less than eight hours in the port of Dartmouth, super yacht Bunty sets off for Cowes.
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Superyacht Bunty departs from Dartmouth

26 June 2020 - 16-01-22
Not sure why they would be heading for Cowes, nor visiting Dartmouth. Neither town has a regatta this year.
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Superyacht Bunty departs from Dartmouth

26 June 2020 - 16-02-51
Bunty has had two previous names: Red Anchor and Claudia of MC. Might MC be shorthand for Monte Carlo ? Or Macclesfield ?
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Superyacht Bunty departs from Dartmouth

26 June 2020 - 16-03-06
As superyachts go, Bunty doesn't really fall into the ostentatious category. But everything is relative.
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Superyacht Bunty departs from Dartmouth

26 June 2020 - 16-05-37
Built in Livorno, Italy by Benetti, Bunty was originally launched in 2009.
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Superyacht Bunty departs from Dartmouth

26 June 2020 - 16-08-02
Out past Kingswear Castle goes Bunty.
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Superyacht Bunty departs from Dartmouth

26 June 2020 - 22-50-26
Overnight stay on the town jetty for THV Mair.
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THV Mair maintenance ship.

27 June 2020 - 10-17-46
And then a mid morning departure after a quick check of the TH yellow buoy in Warfleet. (sorry, I missed them doing that).
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THV Mair maintenance ship.

27 June 2020 - 10-18-08
Unusual sight - a crowd of swimmers in the river. What is going on ?
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Swim across river Dart, Dartmouth

27 June 2020 - 10-18-24
Four ladies, in purple swim caps are heading across the river with the assistance of three, ahem, younger helpers.
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Swim across river Dart, Dartmouth

27 June 2020 - 10-19-18
Out past classic yacht Matawa they were all in good spirits.
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Swim across river Dart, Dartmouth

27 June 2020 - 10-20-45
There was no record breaking going on, all done at a nice and steady pace.
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Swim across river Dart, Dartmouth

27 June 2020 - 10-21-46
With a safety boat alongside, the seven swimmers headed towards Kingswear.
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Swim across river Dart, Dartmouth

27 June 2020 - 10-21-54
Swimming the river Dart used to be a site of passage for teenagers. Modern views of safety have put a stop to that.
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Swim across river Dart, Dartmouth

27 June 2020 - 10-23-30
These are hardly teenagers swimming the river, but you get the impression that it is still a rite of passage in many ways.
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Swim across river Dart, Dartmouth

27 June 2020 - 10-24-14
Halfway there
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Swim across river Dart, Dartmouth

27 June 2020 - 10-26-56
The crew of the safety boat looked snug and warm. Mind you, when the rain came later.......
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Swim across river Dart, Dartmouth

27 June 2020 - 10-28-31
Dart Harbour patrol turned up to check on things.
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Swim across river Dart, Dartmouth

27 June 2020 - 10-28-39
No one seemed too perturbed. Least of all the swimmers.
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Swim across river Dart, Dartmouth

27 June 2020 - 10-29-26
Definitely NOT the finishing line.
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Swim across river Dart, Dartmouth

27 June 2020 - 10-30-56
Onwards to the Kingswear slipway beside RDYC.
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Swim across river Dart, Dartmouth

27 June 2020 - 10-34-40
Success, all present and correct at the Kingswear slipway
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Swim across river Dart, Dartmouth

27 June 2020 - 10-34-47
Some ladies here are quite rightly very pleased with themselves. They have just swum across the river Dart (and are about to swim back).
Surrounded by a safety team the four ladies in purple hats were delighted with their effort. Great to see.
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Swim across river Dart, Dartmouth

27 June 2020 - 10-35-04
and now.........
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Swim across river Dart, Dartmouth

27 June 2020 - 10-36-09
....let's swim back to Dartmouth.
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Swim across river Dart, Dartmouth

27 June 2020 - 10-52-12
Simply magnificent creatures.
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Buzzard hunting over Dartmouth, Devon

27 June 2020 - 13-10-55

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27 June 2020 - 13-12-25

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28 June 2020 - 14-14-02

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Dart RNLI launches numbers 433 & 434

28 June 2020 - 14-14-30

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Dart RNLI launches numbers 433 & 434

28 June 2020 - 14-24-14

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Dart RNLI launch number 435

28 June 2020 - 14-24-31

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Dart RNLI launch number 435

28 June 2020 - 14-24-37

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Dart RNLI launch number 435

28 June 2020 - 14-24-57

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Dart RNLI launch number 435

28 June 2020 - 14-25-40

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Dart RNLI launch number 435

28 June 2020 - 14-28-17

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28 June 2020 - 14-32-46

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28 June 2020 - 14-54-03

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28 June 2020 - 14-54-27

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28 June 2020 - 14-54-53

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28 June 2020 - 15-02-21

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Dart RNLI launch number 435

28 June 2020 - 18-00-50

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Buzzard hunting over Dartmouth

29 June 2020 - 08-55-11

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Bunty Too, tender to superyacht Bunty

29 June 2020 - 08-55-38
Bunty's Back
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Superyacht Bunty returns to Dartmouth

29 June 2020 - 08-55-49

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Superyacht Bunty returns to Dartmouth

29 June 2020 - 09-07-18

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Bunty Too, tender to superyacht Bunty

29 June 2020 - 09-10-37

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Superyacht Bunty returns to Dartmouth

29 June 2020 - 09-11-03

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Bunty Too, tender to superyacht Bunty

29 June 2020 - 09-11-25

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Superyacht Bunty returns to Dartmouth

29 June 2020 - 09-14-42

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Superyacht Bunty returns to Dartmouth

29 June 2020 - 09-15-03

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Superyacht Bunty returns to Dartmouth

29 June 2020 - 09-15-06

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Superyacht Bunty returns to Dartmouth

29 June 2020 - 09-18-10

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Superyacht Bunty returns to Dartmouth

29 June 2020 - 09-19-06

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Superyacht Bunty returns to Dartmouth

29 June 2020 - 09-19-50

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Superyacht Bunty returns to Dartmouth

29 June 2020 - 09-20-00

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Superyacht Bunty returns to Dartmouth

29 June 2020 - 10-51-03
It's the super yacht nautical equivalent of stopping at traffic lights and the windscreen cleaners appear from nowhere.
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Superyacht Bunty returns to Dartmouth

29 June 2020 - 13-04-31
She'll be coming round the mountain. But how big is 'she'?
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336m long container ship One Humber

29 June 2020 - 13-05-06
336m long container ship One Humber on way from Le Havre to Port Said, Egypt. The ship is 6.5NM from the camera
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336m long container ship One Humber

29 June 2020 - 14-28-35
The PS Kingswear Castle gets its canvas roof restored.
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Paddle steamer Kingswear Castle

29 June 2020 - 14-38-07
Almost in place. The distinctive canvas roof / shade is put in place.
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Paddle steamer Kingswear Castle

29 June 2020 - 14-39-07

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Buzzard hunting over Dartmouth

29 June 2020 - 14-39-11

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Buzzard hunting over Dartmouth

29 June 2020 - 17-23-19

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Superyacht Bunty departs for a second time.

29 June 2020 - 17-24-29

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29 June 2020 - 17-24-33

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29 June 2020 - 17-24-51

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29 June 2020 - 17-25-07

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29 June 2020 - 17-26-45

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29 June 2020 - 17-27-53
Second visit over, Bunty the superyacht heads past Kingswear Castle and out of the river Dart.
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Superyacht Bunty departs from Dartmouth.

30 June 2020 - 08-17-02
Getting the town ready for July 4th 'reopening'. One of South Hams dust busters gets distrusting on the Embankment at Dartmouth.
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South Hams council maintenance.

30 June 2020 - 15-22-44
This RAF Puma helicopter came from RAF Benson and passed down river a a fair old lick. (translation: fast)
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RAF Puma helicopter ZW232

30 June 2020 - 15-22-52
That cloud was low enough to hid much of the Daymark.
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RAF Puma helicopter ZW232

30 June 2020 - 14-28-32
The first steam train we have seen for months. Hopefully the line will soon be reopened.
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Loco Hercules, at Kingswear station.

30 June 2020 - 10-16-57
Back on the town jetty for a third visit in a week - super yacht Bunty.

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Superyacht Bunty returns for a third visit.

30 June 2020 - 18-42-54
Why do pigeons look so stupid ?
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Fat pigeon on our railing

30 June 2020 - 20-09-55
In for an overnight stay, vigilant Vigilant.
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Border Force cutter HMC Vigilant.