Not much

The rotten summer continues, with no sign of an improvement through July and, unfortunately, Tuesday, the day of the P&O Grand Event, looks as if it will be affected to a greater or lesser extent, by rain. It would be nice if once in a while an event in this country wasn't buggered up by our crap climate. So far the Queen's Jubilee, the Cunard Jubilee event and the viewing of the Transit of Venus have all been ruined by rain and/or gales. Infuriating!

Anyway, I was in East Cowes yesterday, for work, and paid a visit to the Esplanade to try out my new lens. The sun did actually make a brief guest appearance at one point, before vanishing just as quickly. There wasn't much about, apart from some random WAFIs and Red Funnel ferries. A check of Marinetraffic AIS on my phone showed nothing of note on the move, so I contented myself with pics of the Red Osprey (which had been involved in some drama the previous day, when an oven fire broke out on board and was put out by the crew) and the schooner Eleanora E.