Holiday
Yet Another Caribbean Christmas And New Year, Part Four
Wednesday 1st January 2025 – At Sea As usual, I was awake just after six, as seems to be the habit this cruise. I lay in bed for a bit and messaged “Happy New Year” [more…]
Hobbies
Hobbies
Northumberland, Part One
It takes a week to cycle from Penzance to Berwick. It took me 40 years. Because on the way, I wanted to include every town in England, in what amounted to some two years of [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty-Seven
Monday Good morning, my Puffin friends. It was lovely and sunny when I woke up this morning, quite different to the rain and wind that were forecast. So, I hurried off downstairs and out into [more…]
20th Century
Desert Mystery – Does Using AI Software Work?
In my last series of articles (Desert Mystery – Letters from Afrika), I described what had happened to a German Afrika Korps driver, Hans Walden, during the WW2 Desert War through the translation of the [more…]
Holiday
Yet Another Caribbean Christmas And New Year, Part Three
Saturday 28th December – Antigua (mid-cruise changeover day) I really don’t know why, but as usual, I woke just after six a.m. as it was just getting light, and we were heading into port. It [more…]
Diary
A View (Literally) Through The Greenhouse: Storms (What Are They Good For?)
There has been much huffing, puffing and pearl clutching, from the usual suspects, where the subject of “interference” in politics is concerned. Whether it be financial (the hypocrisy runs deep in this particular river) or, [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty-Six
Monday Good morning, Puffins, and welcome to Trump Day. It all kicks off at 5 p.m. GMT when he is inaugurated, and this cat can’t wait. The news is that he has over 200 presidential [more…]
Holiday
Yet Another Caribbean Christmas And New Year, Part Two
Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve) – St Kitts Breakfast today was in the MDR as my excursion wasn’t due to leave until 09:30 I was in no hurry. Once again it was a sharing table [more…]
Hobbies
Yorkshire Coalfield
It takes a week to cycle from Penzance to Berwick. It took me 40 years. Because on the way, I wanted to include every town in England, in what amounted to some two years of [more…]