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 - 12:38:55
2 October 2022 - 12:40:06
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2 October 2022 - 12:58:24
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2 October 2022 - 16:33:45
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2 October 2022 - 20:12:38
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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
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
3 October 2022 - 10:34:55
3 October 2022 - 10:34:55
3 October 2022 - 10:36:28
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
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
3 October 2022 - 17:17:09
3 October 2022 - 17:17:09
3 October 2022 - 17:17:14
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3 October 2022 - 17:17:56
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3 October 2022 - 23:07:47
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3 October 2022 - 23:08:13
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5 October 2022 - 12:34:08
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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
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
5 October 2022 - 12:34:52
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5 October 2022 - 15:45:49
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5 October 2022 - 15:46:00
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6 October 2022 - 07:08:32
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6 October 2022 - 07:30:13
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6 October 2022 - 07:41:19
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10 October 2022 - 08:21:24
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10 October 2022 - 10:56:22
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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
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
11 October 2022 - 08:15:00
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11 October 2022 - 09:02:14
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11 October 2022 - 09:03:21
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11 October 2022 - 16:15:46
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11 October 2022 - 16:53:51
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11 October 2022 - 16:54:48
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12 October 2022 - 08:52:13
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
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
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
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
12 October 2022 - 18:38:52
Overnight stay on the town jetty for Border Force cutter.
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HMC Seeker in 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
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
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
13 October 2022 - 08:11:53
Dull and dank start to the day.
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Kingswear in the mist.
13 October 2022 - 08:11:53
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
13 October 2022 - 17:13:15
No wind in Kingswear this evening.
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Steam loco steam trail heads up.
13 October 2022 - 17:13:15
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
14 October 2022 - 18:11:28
A potentially interesting dusk was approaching.
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End of the day over Kingswear
14 October 2022 - 18:11:28
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
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
14 October 2022 - 18:33:22
Not sure how to describe it. Weird passes muster.
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.