She said what !

Note to readers : this is a smaller fragment of a longer story that is buried in my blog, what … More

Oliver’s army.

Post 2 in the Opsimath series. Words without meaning. The new Puritans. Those naughty ‘N’ words. My new facebook group … More

Autumn cruise, post 7 Fifty. Fifty miles an hour of wind is a lot of wind….50 knots is even more … More

A good read tutu perhaps……after all i am talking about Micheal Palin here . Just before Christmas me and my … More

Not my average post…… Here are a few dates for you, and the question is : what happened that day … More

WABI”’ real time : Mid August, and iv’e just spent the day laying on my back underneath WABI”’ scraping off … More

Title photograph : Zabriskie point, unknown photographer. If i said to you ‘Abbey Road’ , what image or memory would … More

So many expressions have entered the language from the world of ships, sailing and the sea that most people would … More

In my last post of 2018 i was trying to say why i don’t particularly like the high-end yachts such … More

And from ‘The Orwell‘ to George Orwell…..see what i did there ? This is of course one of my ‘Look … More