Holiday

Another Caribbean Christmas, Part Five

14th February 2022 Going Postal 0

Day 10 – Sunday 2nd January – At Sea I woke for a pee in the early hours, must have been the beer, and for the first time this cruise I could feel the ship [more…]

Another Caribbean Christmas, Part Four

7th February 2022 Godfrey Bloom 0

Day 6 – Wednesday 29th December – St. Maarten Good morning from the beautiful tiny island of St. Maarten. I woke as we approached the port just as the sun was coming up, I think [more…]

Another Caribbean Christmas, Part Three

31st January 2022 Going Postal 0

Day 2 – Christmas Day – Barbados Christmas Day dawned another warm and sunny morning. As per the itinerary we were still berthed in Barbados awaiting more passengers. I watched a truck being loaded with [more…]

Fish & Ships

26th January 2022 SharpieType301 0

I’d like to begin by introducing you to a rather special lady. She was born in February 1957, the first of twelve sisters. A real local lass, she lived and worked from the Humber all [more…]

Another Caribbean Christmas, Part Two

24th January 2022 Going Postal 0

Day One – Christmas Eve I woke up at 04:15, before my alarm went off, with my stomach turning over, I was either worried about the antigen test and failing at the last hurdle, or [more…]

Another Caribbean Christmas, Part One

17th January 2022 Going Postal 0

I have been looking forward to getting back on board a cruise ship for some time now. Covid has caused the cancellation of 3 cruises for me so far (June 2020, Christmas 2020 and June [more…]

Ghosts of Christmas Past

28th December 2021 Going Postal 0

Post War Britain I loved Christmas as a child: I would guess most of us did, but I am amazed and humbled when I look back at how much was achieved with how little by [more…]

St Stephen and St Stephen’s Day

26th December 2021 1642again 0

In the church year St Stephen’s Day is traditionally the one after Christmas Day, or two days after in some places. In the Eastern church countries which still use the Julian calendar both it and [more…]

Postcard from Sunny Skeg

15th December 2021 SharpieType301 0

The announcement over the two-carriage rattle-trap train’s tannoy told us this we’d reached the terminus and bid us ‘Welcome to sunny Skegness’. Bearing in mind this was December on the East Coast, these wry words [more…]