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Tonight on Spotlight: Emergency traffic chaos, | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
a congestion busting challenge and speeding issues in Dorset. | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
Tonight, we're at the roadworks where police had to be called | :00:10. | :00:12. | |
in to get ambulances, staff and patients | :00:13. | :00:14. | |
My dad has taken the car, we have walked part of the way to get mum | :00:15. | :00:28. | |
here on time and we are still late. villagers want the traffic | :00:29. | :00:31. | |
permanently slowed down. One community has even paid | :00:32. | :00:33. | |
for its own scheme to tackle speeding after the council said it | :00:34. | :00:36. | |
couldn't afford to. The eight-year South West water | :00:37. | :00:38. | |
dispute resolved after we featured They listen to me and they said | :00:39. | :00:51. | |
sorry, it should not have happened. We want to put it right. | :00:52. | :00:53. | |
as Bodmin Moor bids for special dark sky status, we'll assess what it's | :00:54. | :00:58. | |
Roadworks outside one of the region's hospitals | :00:59. | :01:19. | |
have been causing chaos according to commuters. | :01:20. | :01:21. | |
The work outside North Devon District Hospital has affected | :01:22. | :01:25. | |
At one stage the hold-ups were so bad the police had | :01:26. | :01:29. | |
to be called in to help direct the traffic. | :01:30. | :01:31. | |
Our north Devon reporter Kirk Engalnd has been to take a look | :01:32. | :01:34. | |
at why the roadworks have been so disruptive. | :01:35. | :01:40. | |
Weaving around the traffic and through the roadworks. | :01:41. | :01:45. | |
An extra challenge for ambulance drivers on their way in and out | :01:46. | :01:49. | |
But it's not just paramedics feeling the strain of this engineering work. | :01:50. | :01:55. | |
It is locals, staff and patients too. | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
We've come from Ilfracombe for a hospital appointment for Mum. | :02:00. | :02:02. | |
It normally takes us 20 minutes to get from Ilfracombe to hospital. | :02:03. | :02:06. | |
The tailback is way before the junction we come out of. | :02:07. | :02:13. | |
We have got out of the car and walked, because my dad has taken | :02:14. | :02:16. | |
the car, and walked part of the way just to be able to get Mum | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
The gridlock filmed by local Carl Chivers. | :02:21. | :02:28. | |
Even at rush hour, things were not as bad as this today, | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
but there is still concern about all of the disruption. | :02:32. | :02:34. | |
Ambulances tailing back down here, patients, members of staff that | :02:35. | :02:39. | |
The NHS is already under a lot of pressure as it is and to have | :02:40. | :02:45. | |
this kind of situation happening outside one of the locality's main | :02:46. | :02:50. | |
health care facilities, it's unacceptable really. | :02:51. | :02:53. | |
The engineering works are to put in a new roundabout, | :02:54. | :02:56. | |
but Devon County Council says it will help ease congestion and help | :02:57. | :02:59. | |
Things look like they have improved since last week's reported chaos, | :03:00. | :03:05. | |
but there are still many weeks to go before the work is done. | :03:06. | :03:12. | |
Well, roadworks are one reason for traffic queues, | :03:13. | :03:15. | |
In parts of the South West, congestion is a permanent problem. | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
Exeter is one such place and researchers warn if nothing | :03:21. | :03:23. | |
is done, the city won't cope with the predicted 14,000 extra | :03:24. | :03:26. | |
Well, the search is on for solutions and a ?15,000 incentive | :03:27. | :03:34. | |
is being offered for the best ideas to halve the number of large | :03:35. | :03:38. | |
vehicles in the city and how to get people out of their cars. | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
If you are given the cash, how would you get Exeter out of a jam? | :03:43. | :03:49. | |
The problem is, new predictions say the number of people | :03:50. | :03:52. | |
living and commuting here is going to skyrocket | :03:53. | :03:55. | |
in the next ten years, and if nothing is done, | :03:56. | :03:57. | |
researchers predict the city just will not cope. | :03:58. | :04:02. | |
It is why a community interest company is offering cash for ideas. | :04:03. | :04:08. | |
Such as ones that will get us out of our cars and end | :04:09. | :04:12. | |
But for those of us who know the roads and how busy they actually | :04:13. | :04:19. | |
It's achievable if we want it to be achievable. | :04:20. | :04:27. | |
Today, just in the greater Exeter region, just on fuel, | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
as consumers we spend half a billion pounds a year. | :04:32. | :04:34. | |
If we were able to divert that investment for one year, | :04:35. | :04:37. | |
then we could see the world's most extraordinary public | :04:38. | :04:41. | |
It is not possible just to do that, it's a step change. | :04:42. | :04:47. | |
But if people want a different way of getting round the city, | :04:48. | :04:50. | |
and I think they are close to being so fed up with how | :04:51. | :04:53. | |
things are today, that if it is what we really want, | :04:54. | :04:55. | |
then yes, it is possible to do it in ten years. | :04:56. | :04:58. | |
Exeter City Futures is hunting for innovation or inventions | :04:59. | :05:00. | |
to invest up to ?15,000 in a project to boost business backed | :05:01. | :05:05. | |
The opportunity from there is to work with other investors | :05:06. | :05:11. | |
to develop those ideas further, to roll them out in the city | :05:12. | :05:15. | |
and then hopefully deliver them at scale. | :05:16. | :05:18. | |
The solutions they come up with could be anything | :05:19. | :05:20. | |
from using new technology through to using data to change | :05:21. | :05:24. | |
the way that we make decisions about design and infrastructure, | :05:25. | :05:29. | |
so it will be interesting to see what comes out of it. | :05:30. | :05:31. | |
It can be a cycle share business or a piece of new technology. | :05:32. | :05:37. | |
Whatever the new ideas, it is hoped they will play their part | :05:38. | :05:40. | |
in reducing the thousands of extra car journeys that will be added | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
And next to Dorset, where the long campaign to save lives on certain | :05:45. | :05:54. | |
The BBC has discovered there are about 200 places | :05:55. | :05:59. | |
in the county where people are waiting for road schemes. | :06:00. | :06:02. | |
Some villages have now taken it upon themselves to pay for speed | :06:03. | :06:05. | |
The county council says it can only afford a small number of the schemes | :06:06. | :06:10. | |
each year and it insists it prioritises cases based on safety. | :06:11. | :06:14. | |
This is the pace of life in Winterbourne Hampton. | :06:15. | :06:22. | |
A village keen on this sort of horse power, not that | :06:23. | :06:25. | |
which comes with a national speed limit. | :06:26. | :06:29. | |
There is nothing to stop you from driving through here at 60 | :06:30. | :06:32. | |
Now, you probably wouldn't want to - the road is rather | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
narrow, it twists, it turns, there is a brook to my left | :06:37. | :06:39. | |
and if you go too far over, you'll probably end up | :06:40. | :06:41. | |
The problem for villages like this is there is no law to say | :06:42. | :06:46. | |
they must have a 30 mile an hour limit. | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
It is something the government recommends, but the final | :06:51. | :06:52. | |
decision is left to local authorities. | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
Here they try to persuade the county council with | :06:57. | :06:59. | |
their message and the messenger in fitting form. | :07:00. | :07:02. | |
When did you last see a petition handed in on horseback? | :07:03. | :07:06. | |
But campaigners were told the council cannot afford | :07:07. | :07:09. | |
I looked at the Department for Transport guidelines, it does | :07:10. | :07:15. | |
say 30 mph should be the norm in villages, | :07:16. | :07:18. | |
it's quite specific on | :07:19. | :07:20. | |
a lot of points and I thought, well, this is a village that time forgot, | :07:21. | :07:23. | |
we'll just fill it in, put the justification through and it | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
In fact, there are around 200 places in Dorset that are trying to | :07:28. | :07:38. | |
change the traffic in their area in different ways like other villages. | :07:39. | :07:44. | |
Here they are paying for new speed plates themselves. | :07:45. | :07:49. | |
We felt that by putting a 20mph zone in, | :07:50. | :07:52. | |
it would really help in terms of getting people to at least | :07:53. | :07:56. | |
realise they need to go at a sensible speed. | :07:57. | :08:00. | |
Do you think yourselves and those in Winterbourne Hampton should be | :08:01. | :08:04. | |
If you do not do it yourselves, the chances | :08:05. | :08:09. | |
Dorset County Council only has around ?50,000 year for these types | :08:10. | :08:17. | |
Even then, they say a speed limit might not be the answer. | :08:18. | :08:26. | |
Everybody perceives speed in villages as being absolutely | :08:27. | :08:30. | |
horrendous, but when you go and do speed checks, the results are | :08:31. | :08:34. | |
startling, because we generally find there is not that much speeding at | :08:35. | :08:38. | |
all and there are only a few vehicles going over the speed limit, | :08:39. | :08:42. | |
and quite frankly, those are the people | :08:43. | :08:43. | |
that really do need to have | :08:44. | :08:46. | |
more education and no amount of speed limits are going to stop | :08:47. | :08:49. | |
them doing the unsociable thing that they | :08:50. | :08:50. | |
The council accepts there are many areas where road | :08:51. | :08:54. | |
safety needs addressing, but for disappointed | :08:55. | :08:57. | |
residents, it seems the | :08:58. | :09:00. | |
answer might lie a little closer to home. | :09:01. | :09:11. | |
Earlier today, we asked you for your tips on how to solve | :09:12. | :09:14. | |
He thinks we should all simply give way in turn and not have | :09:15. | :09:20. | |
He says, "You can see this peaceful anarchy break out whenever traffic | :09:21. | :09:24. | |
lights break down and when turning off traffic lights has been | :09:25. | :09:28. | |
trialled, it has brought a transformation in congestion, | :09:29. | :09:30. | |
Maryvonne emailed to suggest a European solution to easing | :09:31. | :09:36. | |
She says, "When I lived in France, they used | :09:37. | :09:39. | |
to have temporary flyovers to ease the traffic. | :09:40. | :09:41. | |
They were metallic and as they were made of sections adaptable | :09:42. | :09:44. | |
And Pam suggested, "There are only so many jobs in Exeter, | :09:45. | :09:49. | |
so the answer has to be to prevent any further development | :09:50. | :09:52. | |
Employers should be financially encouraged to either start up | :09:53. | :09:58. | |
or move their businesses to the outskirts." | :09:59. | :10:00. | |
And you can join the debate on email, Twitter or Facebook. | :10:01. | :10:08. | |
Dozens of students held an anti-Fascist protest march | :10:09. | :10:11. | |
through Exeter University today after a swastika was | :10:12. | :10:14. | |
scratched into a door, along with a "Rights | :10:15. | :10:17. | |
Last year, there was controversy after Exeter students were pictured | :10:18. | :10:21. | |
wearing T-shirts with racist and anti-Semitic slogans | :10:22. | :10:24. | |
In his first interview on the issue, vice chancellor Steve Smith told | :10:25. | :10:30. | |
Spotlight he welcomed the march, as he was appalled by | :10:31. | :10:33. | |
the carving of the swastika and condemned it unreservedly. | :10:34. | :10:45. | |
About 100 students joined the march against fascism through the campus | :10:46. | :10:51. | |
of Exeter University. It was organised after a swastika was | :10:52. | :10:56. | |
carved into a door with a rights for white sign nearby. We want to take a | :10:57. | :11:02. | |
march to the perpetrators and showed them jokes are not OK and it will | :11:03. | :11:07. | |
snow balls into real-life fascism. It is important, however this barge | :11:08. | :11:14. | |
will not be enough to change events worldwide. It is important for us | :11:15. | :11:21. | |
though. The march is about raising solidarity with Jewish people but | :11:22. | :11:27. | |
overall creating an atmosphere of antiracism on-campus. In his first | :11:28. | :11:33. | |
interview, the Vice Chancellor told me he would not tolerate | :11:34. | :11:37. | |
anti-Semitism. As soon as we found out, we were appalled. We condemn it | :11:38. | :11:43. | |
unreservedly. It doesn't fit with the character of the institution, | :11:44. | :11:48. | |
this is a very friendly place. I have been racking my brains, I | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
cannot think of a single complaint we have received from a Jewish | :11:53. | :11:57. | |
student. Students held a rally with a series of anti-fascism speeches. | :11:58. | :12:02. | |
There have been instances of anti-Semitism in other universities. | :12:03. | :12:10. | |
All have generated negative publicity. Anti-Semitism is becoming | :12:11. | :12:15. | |
an increasingly uncomfortable issue in higher education. Exeter | :12:16. | :12:19. | |
University say their investigates indicates it may have been a deeply | :12:20. | :12:26. | |
offensive attempt at a joke. Possibly parodying a television | :12:27. | :12:28. | |
show. Plymouth City Council has turned up | :12:29. | :12:31. | |
the pressure on campaigners planning to re-open the city's airport, | :12:32. | :12:34. | |
leaving them just five years The airport, which closed | :12:35. | :12:36. | |
in 2011, had been protected But in the latest local plan ,that | :12:37. | :12:40. | |
date has been revised to 2022. Developers have put forward | :12:41. | :12:46. | |
proposals to build a garden A planning inspector is expected | :12:47. | :12:48. | |
to decide its future in the autumn. We believe there is no need to | :12:49. | :13:05. | |
develop Plymouth airport for housing employment uses. There is sufficient | :13:06. | :13:09. | |
land in the Plymouth area to meet the needs of this city and the wider | :13:10. | :13:15. | |
area. We are certain the Plymouth airport site should be reserved for | :13:16. | :13:19. | |
aviation activity and we need to work towards bringing back an | :13:20. | :13:20. | |
airport use. The South West's sky at night could | :13:21. | :13:22. | |
be a potential boost to tourism. Later we'll see how Exmoor has | :13:23. | :13:25. | |
befitted from dark sky status And the skateboard art | :13:26. | :13:28. | |
project to raise funds It's not every day we report | :13:29. | :13:33. | |
on the resolution of a battle which had rumbled on for | :13:34. | :13:43. | |
nearly eight years. You may remember a couple of weeks | :13:44. | :13:46. | |
ago, we visited Ray Hill, He had a very large and disputed | :13:47. | :13:49. | |
water bill which, at one stage, was more than ?10,000, | :13:50. | :13:54. | |
but after our report, Our environment correspondent | :13:55. | :13:56. | |
Adrian Campbell has Ray Hull who farms near Tiverton has | :13:57. | :14:14. | |
been keeping a close eye on his water meter for years. He told us | :14:15. | :14:20. | |
his normal hill is around ?1200 a year. But in May 2009 he was sent a | :14:21. | :14:28. | |
bill for more than ?10,400. He told us that after complaining to South | :14:29. | :14:32. | |
West water, they cut the amount by around half but that still left an | :14:33. | :14:39. | |
outstanding amount of around ?5,500. Now the company has cleared the | :14:40. | :14:44. | |
disputed amount and things have returned to normal. Since you came, | :14:45. | :14:49. | |
South West water sent out an important chap along with his | :14:50. | :14:53. | |
colleague and they sat and listened to me and they said, we are very | :14:54. | :14:58. | |
sorry. It should not have happened, we want to put it right. Ray | :14:59. | :15:03. | |
struggled with his water bill over many years and it wasn't helped by | :15:04. | :15:08. | |
the fact that his farm is on top of a hill, a long way from the mains, | :15:09. | :15:13. | |
but in the end, there was one thing to do. If you have a problem, you | :15:14. | :15:19. | |
have to shake the top of the tree not the bottom. South West water | :15:20. | :15:22. | |
told us they have resolved the disagreement. It should not have | :15:23. | :15:28. | |
taken eight weeks let alone eight years but this is where we are. I | :15:29. | :15:33. | |
think everybody should check their meter at least once a week because | :15:34. | :15:36. | |
it is expensive if you waste water. Now, if light pollution is limited | :15:37. | :15:39. | |
and the skies are clear, this is the sort of dazzling display | :15:40. | :15:42. | |
provided by the night sky. Exmoor already has special status | :15:43. | :15:45. | |
for its dark sky and now Bodmin Moor It's hoped it could | :15:46. | :15:50. | |
help boost tourism by Our reporter Tamsin Melville has | :15:51. | :15:53. | |
been to Exmoor to see what effect the special international | :15:54. | :15:58. | |
recognition has had Switching off to send a message on | :15:59. | :16:17. | |
light pollution. The people of Dulverton were family on board when | :16:18. | :16:22. | |
Exmoor became the world's second dark sky reserve five years ago. | :16:23. | :16:26. | |
This official international recognition of the top-class quality | :16:27. | :16:30. | |
of Exmoor's night skies seems to be as popular as ever. So many people | :16:31. | :16:39. | |
in light polluted areas that it is wonderful for them to come and see | :16:40. | :16:44. | |
the wonderful skies. Getting children enthused about the stars is | :16:45. | :16:47. | |
said to be one big benefit and shops are happy with the footfall. We as a | :16:48. | :16:53. | |
business are aware of a lot of people who come down here for dark | :16:54. | :16:59. | |
sky. That is young families, other people, so it is one of those things | :17:00. | :17:04. | |
that has broad appeal and has attracted people to the area. An | :17:05. | :17:09. | |
area with a lot of light pollution might see thousands of stars. Here | :17:10. | :17:13. | |
on Exmoor you with cedar tree billions of stars. Tourism is | :17:14. | :17:20. | |
getting a boost with holiday accommodation businesses offering | :17:21. | :17:25. | |
telescopes. Gazing. It is a bragging right for people to talk about and | :17:26. | :17:32. | |
to make them proud of their area. But it has genuine benefits in terms | :17:33. | :17:38. | |
of bringing tourists to the area. And now the top quality of the night | :17:39. | :17:46. | |
sky recorded by exports -- experts in Bodmin Moor has experts reaching | :17:47. | :17:52. | |
for the stars. Cornwall councillors were discussing a bid for the area | :17:53. | :17:57. | |
to apply for this stock Skystrator is. In Cornwall we have some of the | :17:58. | :18:02. | |
darkest skies we have in the whole of the UK. We do not have a | :18:03. | :18:08. | |
designation yet but one would hope that if we have Bodmin Moor, other | :18:09. | :18:13. | |
places will follow suit. This is a great way of preserving something | :18:14. | :18:17. | |
historical, cultural that we can pass on to future generations. It | :18:18. | :18:21. | |
isn't just Bodmin Moor looking to follow in Exmoor's footsteps. There | :18:22. | :18:27. | |
are also plans for West Cornwall and the Isles of Sydney. -- Isles of | :18:28. | :18:32. | |
Scilly. It's time for the sport now | :18:33. | :18:33. | |
and Natalie's here with some good All four of our main rugby sides won | :18:34. | :18:36. | |
on the road this weekend, In the Premiership, a hat-trick | :18:37. | :18:47. | |
from James Short saw Exeter move level on points with Saracens | :18:48. | :18:51. | |
in second as they overturned a half-time deficit to beat | :18:52. | :18:54. | |
Worcester with seven tries. The others came from | :18:55. | :18:58. | |
Gareth Steenson, Olly Woodurn, Rob Baxter said his wingers | :18:59. | :19:01. | |
were fantastic and even though he was disappointed to have conceded | :19:02. | :19:07. | |
so many points for the second week running, he was pleased | :19:08. | :19:11. | |
that the Chiefs had maintained Plymouth Albion ground out a tough | :19:12. | :19:13. | |
20-18 victory at Loughborough It was refereed by Exeter's Sara Cox | :19:14. | :19:20. | |
- the first time a woman has taken By all accounts she did a good | :19:21. | :19:26. | |
job and got a round of applause from the players | :19:27. | :19:31. | |
in the clubhouse afterwards. That's six wins out | :19:32. | :19:33. | |
of six for Albion. It wasn't the best of weekend's | :19:34. | :19:36. | |
for our League Two football sides, Plymouth Argyle stay second | :19:37. | :19:39. | |
in the table after missing out Our South West teams managed | :19:40. | :19:43. | |
two draws and a loss Plymouth Argyle made the 800-plus | :19:44. | :19:47. | |
mile round-trip to Hartlepool and came back with the points | :19:48. | :19:53. | |
to show for it, although it Despite a bright start | :19:54. | :19:56. | |
which could have seen the Pilgrims go in front, | :19:57. | :19:59. | |
it was the home side Rhys Oates reacted quickest to score | :20:00. | :20:02. | |
after Luke McCormick parried former But the Pilgrims kept creating | :20:03. | :20:07. | |
chances and it was a magical strike from on loan winger Matty Kennedy | :20:08. | :20:13. | |
that brought Plymouth It was the Scots's third goal | :20:14. | :20:16. | |
since joining the club from Cardiff. It could have got better | :20:17. | :20:21. | |
for Derek Adams's side as Ryan Taylor had an effort cleared | :20:22. | :20:23. | |
off the line late on, but in the end, they had | :20:24. | :20:26. | |
to settle for the point. Closer to home, Exeter City | :20:27. | :20:30. | |
are still looking to get back to winning ways | :20:31. | :20:33. | |
after they could only manage a draw against an in-form | :20:34. | :20:35. | |
Stevenage at St James Park. The Grecians went close | :20:36. | :20:39. | |
in the opening stages through Troy Brown and Ollie Watkins, | :20:40. | :20:41. | |
but it was the visitors Veterinary winger Jobi McAnuff | :20:42. | :20:44. | |
was allowed too much space by the City defence and finished | :20:45. | :20:49. | |
well past Bobby Olejnik. Paul Tisdale must have said | :20:50. | :20:53. | |
something at half-time as city Reuben Reid got his first in five | :20:54. | :20:56. | |
games, diverting a Lloyd James cross The draw keeps Exeter City | :20:57. | :21:00. | |
in the play-off places. At the other end of the table, | :21:01. | :21:07. | |
Yeovil made the relatively short trip to Cheltenham and were undone | :21:08. | :21:10. | |
by two second-half goals. Defender Tim Platovitch rose highest | :21:11. | :21:12. | |
to head James Rose's free kick into the net and it soon got worse | :21:13. | :21:17. | |
for the Glovers when Matt Butcher caught Kyle Wootton in the area, | :21:18. | :21:21. | |
giving the referee no choice. Billy Waters, who missed a good | :21:22. | :21:26. | |
chance just nine minutes earlier, took the resulting spot kick | :21:27. | :21:29. | |
and sent Arthur Krysiak the wrong way, securing a vital three | :21:30. | :21:33. | |
points for his side. The Plymouth Raiders had a weekend | :21:34. | :21:39. | |
of mixed fortunes finishing with a dramatic late win over | :21:40. | :21:41. | |
Cheshire Phoenix yesterday. But they were beaten | :21:42. | :21:45. | |
by Surrey Scorchers on Friday evening, in a game | :21:46. | :21:48. | |
that was broadcast live The Raiders kept in touch | :21:49. | :21:50. | |
with their hosts early on, but the Scorchers proved too much | :21:51. | :21:54. | |
and eventually took the win 99-75. The Raiders are now fifth | :21:55. | :21:59. | |
in the BBL Championship with their next game on Friday | :22:00. | :22:01. | |
against the Worcester Wolves And finally from me, | :22:02. | :22:05. | |
congratulations to 22-year-old Jack Bowyer who plays | :22:06. | :22:11. | |
for Sticker Football As of this weekend, he has | :22:12. | :22:13. | |
scored a hat-trick in each He plays his football | :22:14. | :22:17. | |
in the Peninsula West Division and that's not all - | :22:18. | :22:23. | |
he's now scored a total of eight Have any other players stunned that? | :22:24. | :22:42. | |
There are some in the Wolverhampton area who have done the same. We | :22:43. | :22:47. | |
wondered if Jack was a record breaker but there are some good ones | :22:48. | :22:49. | |
around. We've covered many art | :22:50. | :22:50. | |
projects on Spotlight - sculptures made out of bottles found | :22:51. | :22:52. | |
on beaches, village lampposts adorned with knitted jackets - | :22:53. | :22:54. | |
and now skateboards have been turned into works of art by a group | :22:55. | :22:57. | |
of artists in Plymouth. 18 boards have been transformed | :22:58. | :23:00. | |
at Studio 102 and they're now being auctioned to raise money | :23:01. | :23:02. | |
for the Devon Air Ambulance. As Jane Chandler reports, | :23:03. | :23:05. | |
each one has a unique design with the idea to stop people | :23:06. | :23:07. | |
throwing things away. The wheels have come of these | :23:08. | :23:29. | |
skateboards and they are now headed in a new direction. This bench is | :23:30. | :23:35. | |
seven different skateboards that I have fashioned together into | :23:36. | :23:40. | |
something more functional. I have sculptured a bench because they have | :23:41. | :23:47. | |
a background in sculpture. Although the artists are not skateboarders, | :23:48. | :23:52. | |
they are sympathetic to their spirit of freedom. I found some words | :23:53. | :23:58. | |
online that inspired me. We are skateboarders and nothing big or | :23:59. | :24:03. | |
small can stop us except purples. I have this vision of kryptonite and | :24:04. | :24:11. | |
pebbles. It's a mixture of mediums using spray paint and paint pens. | :24:12. | :24:17. | |
The natural grain of the board is sanded back and I left that to give | :24:18. | :24:23. | |
it a nice effect. I am a fan of sci-fi and pop culture so I thought | :24:24. | :24:29. | |
I would reach out to that group. It is designed to look old and crunchy. | :24:30. | :24:35. | |
Lots of fine metal I covered in black paint. I am very proud of it. | :24:36. | :24:41. | |
If you want one of these boards, you have until the end of the week to | :24:42. | :24:42. | |
bid for one. We were talking about stargazing | :24:43. | :24:52. | |
earlier on. Let's see if we have clear skies for that. Probably not. | :24:53. | :25:00. | |
On the good side it is mild. We have had temperatures of 15, 16 degrees | :25:01. | :25:05. | |
today, that is pretty mild for February. More of the same tomorrow. | :25:06. | :25:12. | |
This week starts mild, there is some rain around, it becomes increasingly | :25:13. | :25:16. | |
windy and then it cools down. The reason for the web being relatively | :25:17. | :25:21. | |
mild is this westerly wind coming off the mild sea. This is the middle | :25:22. | :25:29. | |
of the day tomorrow, by Wednesday there is not much change. But a | :25:30. | :25:33. | |
developing area of low pressure on the same weather system brings windy | :25:34. | :25:38. | |
conditions across cars on Thursday. It could be quite a windy day with | :25:39. | :25:46. | |
gale forced winds. Overnight tonight, we continue with spots of | :25:47. | :25:50. | |
drizzle. The mist and the low cloud. It will be a similar start to the | :25:51. | :25:56. | |
day we have seen today and a mould might to come. This was earlier | :25:57. | :25:59. | |
today where our cameraman tried to get some clearer skies, but as you | :26:00. | :26:07. | |
can see, that layer of cloud is pretty leaden and it has been with | :26:08. | :26:16. | |
us for much of the day. Some of the cloud is low enough to sit on the | :26:17. | :26:20. | |
tops of the coast and low enough to sit over the tops of the hills and | :26:21. | :26:26. | |
Morse both tonight and tomorrow. It will be mild tonight with | :26:27. | :26:30. | |
temperatures of ten or 11 degrees. Tomorrow is the same sort of day, | :26:31. | :26:37. | |
patchy drizzle, brisk westerly winds, temperatures of 12, 13 | :26:38. | :26:42. | |
degrees. Temperatures could get higher up to 14 or 15. For the Isles | :26:43. | :26:49. | |
of Scilly, Misty at first. Breaks in the cloud later in the day. Here are | :26:50. | :26:58. | |
our times of high water. For our surface it is rather choppy. | :26:59. | :27:04. | |
Westerly winds for much of tomorrow and Wednesday, whipping up some | :27:05. | :27:09. | |
pretty big Cs. Not very clean and the coastal waters forecast has the | :27:10. | :27:15. | |
winds westerly with the risk of drizzle and the possibility of sea | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
fog patches vote tomorrow and including Wednesday. Thursday we are | :27:21. | :27:26. | |
watching quite carefully. It will be a windy day, rain in the morning, | :27:27. | :27:31. | |
brighter in the afternoon, colder but also brighter on Friday. And | :27:32. | :27:38. | |
that is all from us this evening but I am back just after 10:30pm. Good | :27:39. | :27:40. | |
night. You're sponsored to swap | :27:41. | :28:12. | |
clothes? I don't get that. Maybe you wear your mother's | :28:13. | :28:14. | |
clothes? Cool. Yeah, finally. What? I don't get it, what does she wear? | :28:15. | :28:17. | |
No, no... Like, she wears someone else's. | :28:18. | :28:19. | |
Cool, yeah. No, she's... OK, that's too complicated. | :28:20. | :28:21. | |
Do another one. So, like, you get sponsored to let | :28:22. | :28:23. | |
people lick stuff off you for a day. Ugh. No, but, like, you get these | :28:24. | :28:26. | |
flavoured... Not going to happen. You take a selfie and post it on | :28:27. | :28:29. | |
social media or whatever, and then people have to pay | :28:30. | :28:37. | |
to guess who it is? That's a no-brainer, | :28:38. | :28:43. | |
we love the secret selfie. 'For better ideas, | :28:44. | :28:46. | |
get your free fundraising kit now.' Alex and Steph are on a mission | :28:47. | :28:50. | |
to help people | :28:51. | :28:53. |