Wednesday 10th October 2001 –8.49am
Strong wind from west-southwest today; pushing at my left shoulder and sending bands of ripples up across the Channel, while pushing the stern of each boat so it rides between it and the exiting current. The distance is grey and flat like a wall built up overnight. As I stand here a small fisher comes back in under the bridge, towing its tender, so she is probably not returning from the sea, but only changing moorings.