Coastwatch News 2012 | Roseland Online

Coastwatch News – December 2012 – Remember The Solomon Browne 19th Dec. 1981

As I sit and write this we are coming up to Remberance Sunday. Next month, when this will appear, is December and we should think again of another group of men who...

Coastwatch News – November 2012 – Another Season Ends

The ‘open’ season at the Lookout has ended and we are now closed for the winter. The equipment has been taken away for safe storage and refurbishment where necessary, the place has...

October 2012 – The Grave of the ‘Hera’

Looking out of the look-out window on one of our rarer beautiful days I could see the end of Nare Head and Gull Rock, with the Whelps stretching out beyond, tranquil in...

September 2012 – Do I, or Don’t I?

It was an unpleasant windy day with occasional rain squalls whipping across the water. The wind indicator in the Lookout was indicating South Westerly 5 gusting 7. The small sailing boat was...

August 2012 – An Introduction

A lonely hut standing on the Coast Path at Pednavaden Point, Portscatho, is the only reminder of the original Coastguard, an organisation formed in the 1800’s to provide a safety watch over...