“And we jolly sailor boys were leaping up aloft, with the landlubbers lying down below”. Ahoy, landlubbers and shipmates: I’m back from the boat, wind-burned, weather beaten, bruised, aching in most joints, and smelling faintly of diesel oil. This last characteristic is a little odd, bearing in mind that conditions onboard are not so primitiveContinue reading “Blog 89. Damned clever, these Chinese.”
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Blog 27. Hamburg in QUEEN VICTORIA.
HAMBURG Day 1 – Wednesday 3 January Well here we are again, gluttons for punishment, off on a mini cruise to Hamburg. This time we are sailing in the good ship QUEEN VICTORIA as part of a plan to try out other Cunard ships. Heaven knows why, as it is not as if weContinue reading “Blog 27. Hamburg in QUEEN VICTORIA.”
Blog 26. Return from Australia. Lisbon and Home
Day 115 Thursday 4 May. Overcast, occasional feeble sunshine. 17ºC. Wind Force 4 from NE. Position at noon: 36deg 19N. 3deg 6E. Costa del Sol 26nm to the NW. Last night was a formal night and we continued the experiment with cocktails. This time, Jane had a Cosmopolitan, which proved very enjoyable and more likeContinue reading “Blog 26. Return from Australia. Lisbon and Home”
Blog 25. Return from Australia. Limassol, Messina and Naples
Day109 Friday 28 April. At Limassol, Cyprus. 28ºC, Wind Force 2 from S. Bizarrely, we put the clocks forward last night, bucking the westward trend and throwing into question why we had put them back, just for the transit of the canal, where we did not go ashore. Cyprus hove into view on a hazyContinue reading “Blog 25. Return from Australia. Limassol, Messina and Naples”
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