Retirement

I had hoped to write more about Piracy in SE Asia in this article and illustrate the region with some of my own photos. But as I wasn’t confined to solitary in my own home [more…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]