16th Century
Stories from the Age of Sail
I was going to call this article ‘Wooden Ships and Iron Men’ but then I discovered that Avalon Hill beat me to it about fifty years ago, so ‘Stories from the Age of Sail’ will [more…]
Sailing
Eating
Cruising From Malta – Part Four
Day 12 – 2nd Monday – Corfu As we had sailed from Dubrovnik in Croatia to Corfu which is Greek we have had to put the clock forward an hour overnight to Greek time which [more…]
Hobbies
Cruising From Malta, Part Three
Day 7 Wednesday – At sea The best night’s sleep so far and they have all been good! It’s surprising how tiring sitting in the fresh air can be. After dinner last night I popped [more…]
Hobbies
Cruising From Malta, Part Two
Day 3 – Saturday – Mykonos I woke up and saw that it was a couple of minutes before six, and the sun was shining, the sky was cloudless and the sea like a mirror. [more…]
Hobbies
Cruising From Malta, Part One
I won’t bother taking you through all the preliminaries for this cruise except to say this time I choose to fly to Malta to pick up the cruise ship, P&O Azura. It cuts out a [more…]
19th Century
Once Quarried From The Old Testament
They say you should never meet your heroes. Is this a recent phenomenon? Certainly, you’d be advised to make an excuse and leave if you think a chief constable is about to enter the room. [more…]
Arts
A Postcard From a Mediterranean Cruise – Part Five
Day 12 – Thursday 7th July 2022 – Cadiz Awakened just as we are approaching Cadiz. I think it is the pilot coming aboard that wakes me as it all happens below my cabin but [more…]
Arts
A Postcard From a Mediterranean Cruise – Part Four
Day 9 – Monday 4th July 2022 – Barcelona day 1 The port pilot coming aboard woke me around 6 o’clock. The sun was just coming up, a big red ball heralding another hot day. [more…]
Arts
A Postcard From a Mediterranean Cruise – Part Three
Day 4 – Wednesday 29th June 2022 – At sea I woke up and struggled to focus on my little clock, 07:30, late for me as I like to breakfast at 8 o’clock. Anyway I [more…]