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Sailing my life away, part 27

9th November 2021 Ancient Mariner 3361 Comments

I start this article with a response to points raised or ideas triggered by comments on part 26, and as usual thank all those who made them. The continuing interest stimulates further effort to keep [more…]

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Sailing my life away, part 26

26th October 2021 Ancient Mariner 3272 Comments

Welcome back time-travellers. We have landed in mid-August 1997 at Scalloway on the Mainland of Shetland and are about to set sail for Fair Isle. Before we cast off from the Boating Club’s pontoon I’d [more…]

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Sailing my life away, Part 25

12th October 2021 Ancient Mariner 3613 Comments

Dear Readers,  I plan to leave Alchemi in Stornaway for the duration of this article and take you on another trip in the Time Machine.     Those who join me will flit forwards over [more…]

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Sailing my life away, part 24

28th September 2021 Ancient Mariner 2891 Comments

I’m glad my account of Sweden and Norway in earlier articles revived memories for several readers who had been there themselves or, like Arthur Dent, had met Scandinavians in Britain.     It is quite [more…]

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Sailing my life away, part 23

14th September 2021 Ancient Mariner 3138 Comments

Here is a Cabin Announcement. Please fasten your seatbelts, our Time Machine is about to land at Stavanger, Norway in Late July 1997. I have again made extensive use of my journal when preparing this [more…]

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Sailing my life away, part 22

31st August 2021 Ancient Mariner 3218 Comments

COMMENTS ON PART 21 AND YARNS ENSUING FROM THEM I really enjoyed the comments on part 21 and it seems invidious to single out just a few. However, I must apologise to both Wattylers wife [more…]

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Sailing my life away, part 21

17th August 2021 Ancient Mariner 3563 Comments

INTRODUCTORY In these days, when the world in which we used to live is disintegrating at lightning speed, many are seeking to escape in one way or another, as Mrs Raft once pointed out. I [more…]

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Sailing my life away, part 20

3rd August 2021 Ancient Mariner 2919 Comments

COMMENTS I visited Cambridge and Ely at the start of my summer break.  Here are a couple of pics taken there. I drafted parts 18,19 and 20 of these tales before leaving home to get [more…]

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Sailing my life away, part 19

20th July 2021 Ancient Mariner 3086 Comments

RESPONSE TO COMMENTS ON PART 17 There were some great comments on Part 17 so thanks to every-one for that. There are two in particular and one question I’d  like to pick out and reproduce. I [more…]

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