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Sailing my life away, part 14

11th May 2021 Ancient Mariner 0

RESPONSE TO COMMENTS ON PART 13 Once again I thank those who commented on Part 13 and particularly the three or four who correctly pointed out my mistake in inverting the description of the speed [more…]

Biography

Sailing my life away, part 13

27th April 2021 Ancient Mariner 0

A METEOROLOGICAL DIGRESSION Life on a small yacht is lived much closer to nature than most people in developed countries usually experience. That is particularly true about weather in its many forms and I’d like [more…]

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The Real Goldfinger?

20th April 2021 Going Postal 0

Whilst doing some research for a future article in the ‘Going for Gold’ series I came across an interesting story which I thought would make for a separate article in its own right. Charles W. [more…]

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Sailing my life away, part 12

13th April 2021 Ancient Mariner 0

PREFACE REFLECTIONS ON FREEDOM Oh dear! 12 April 2021 is the first day we’ve been let out of our cages and I’m frightened. The world outside seems a big, scary and uninteresting place – please [more…]

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Sailing my life away, part 11

30th March 2021 Ancient Mariner 0

AN OUT OF SEQUENCE REFLECTION There were more than 3,000 comments on Part 10 of my story some 22 hours after it was posted and I think that is probably a number that’s fairly typical [more…]

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Book Review: Some Fantastic Place – My Life In and Out of Squeeze by Chris Difford

23rd March 2021 Going Postal 0

This is the story of Chris Difford, a ne’er-do-well written off as ‘backward’ at school who went on to achieve fame and fortune as the founder and lyricist of the band Squeeze. Squeeze had a [more…]

Biography

Sailing my life away, part 10

16th March 2021 Ancient Mariner 0

RESPONSE TO COMMENTS ON PART 9 and a COVID DIGRESSION Yes FOXOLES I’m afraid you did miss something – perhaps my account was too oblique.   The double in South Africa existed only in the [more…]

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Confessions of a campsite courier, Part 3

8th March 2021 Going Postal 0

Il jouait du piano debout C’est peut-être un détail pour vous Mais pour moi, ça veut dire beaucoup Ça veut dire qu’il était libre Heureux d’être là malgré tout Il jouait du piano debout Il [more…]

Biography

Sailing my life away, part 9

2nd March 2021 Ancient Mariner 0

I still scan comments on an article recently published because I enjoy the opportunity to have a dynamic exchange with folk of widely varying knowledge of the sea in a much less time-consuming way than [more…]

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