I had a day off work on Friday, so we drove down the
Solent for a late breakfast. The
morning visibility was very poor, as these two shots of nearby
Hill Head show.

Above
Hill Head looking east towards Lee on
Solent.
Below
looking west towards
Calshot.
Arriving in Stokes Bay at one of our favourite
beach front cafes, the viz was just as bad. The yacht below was
anchored close inshore, the one in the background no more than 50 yards away. Normally you can see right
across the
Solent to
Ryde on the Isle of Wight.

The visibility was forecast to lift in the
early afternoon, so planning on going for an afternoon sail, I checked all the local
weather stations. One of them
Ryde Web Cam, looks straight back into Stokes Bay where we had been having breakfast. We were a bit surprised to see this aircraft carrier,
anchored in the
Solent, mid way between
Ryde and
Stokes Bay. It had been completely invisible to us only a couple of hours before.
I'm guessing it's the
USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT presumably over as part of the security measures for the G20 last week.
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