21st Century
I See No Ships?
The quote ‘I see no ships’ is attributed to Admiral John Jervis during the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797. Before giving Johnny Spaniard a black eye off the Algarve, legend has it that, [more…]
Royal Navy
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Fourteen
Monday Good morning, my friends. Today is a bit different, it is foggy! I do not think I have reported it being foggy in London since I started writing this diary, but it is not [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Twelve
Monday Good morning, my friends, I am beginning to get back into the diary routine after my enforced break. I hear my scribe has got four cruises booked for June and Christmas this year and [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Eleven
Monday Good morning, my friends. The cat is back with his political opinions and all the news that you might have missed. I have had a lovely rest while my scribe has been stuffing his [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Eight
Monday Good morning my friends, and welcome to another week of my musings. Bright and sunny this morning, but it is colder than yesterday. So Legohead thinks that being critical of Robber Reeves is sexist. [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety-Six
Monday Good morning friends. The sun was peeping through the window when I woke up this morning, so I trotted down to the back door. By the time the man had opened it, the sun [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighty-Five
Monday Good morning, my happy readers. I hope you had a lovely weekend. I did; it was another couple of nice sunny days and quiet in No. 10. However, it wasn’t quiet down on the [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighty-Three
Monday Good morning my happy readers. I understand that Legohead has invited EU leaders to come here today to hear him announce his ‘EU Reset’ later today. I really can’t understand what Legohead thinks he [more…]
Animals
Larry’s diary, Week Two Hundred And Seventy Nine
Monday Good morning on this Bank Holiday Monday. It is nice and quiet here in Number Ten with only a small crew on. The girl who was on feeding duty this morning was not very [more…]