Operations at the deep water dock

It was very wet for most of the morning, with some thunder in the very early afternoon. There was a mid morning gap, when I fetched a newspaper and things from RealFoods. 

Afternoon walk to Newhaven and Western Harbour. There had been a couple of large tugs visible on vesselfinder, and that sometimes indicates a  non-beaconing vessel. So it turned out .. This is HMS Venturer, a type 31 frigate, on top of the submerged barge Malin Augustea, out of Rosyth being floated off. More pictures and details.

On the ponds we saw two adult swans and four cygnets; also some purple orchids in flower. Back by no 11 bus.