On a day when all the rest of news is sad or bad, it is great to hear some good news for once.
This Newfoundland is being trained to rescue people from the sea in Swansea.
The picture came from the Daily Mail and you can read more about this Super-Dog here
Perhaps it is just as well that we have had sustained heavy rain and gale force winds for many days now. (more…)
Firstly……the TV news and the newspapers have been filled with the reports of the cruise ship MV Explorer which emulated the Titanic in the Southern Ocean, hitting an iceberg and sinking.
I was thirteen when the Great flood of Canvey Island happened. (more…)
Just before this magic day fades into antiquity…. I wish to raise a glass to Sputnik (more…)
This morning, I came upon some old friends via the internet.
When I am feeling a bit nostalgic, I occasionally turn to the ‘Costa Blanca News’, an English language newspaper published on Fridays in Spain. It was from this week’s paper that the names of Peter & Teresa Cunliffe leapt from the screen at me.
On Boxing Day, on the second anniversary of the dreadful tsunami in the southern hemisphere, we were also reminded of something that happened during our sailing years.
In 2003 there was an earthquake in Algeria. (more…)
We were in our late fifties, but still very active and forward looking.
Whilst we were preparing our boat for the retirement trip to the Med., we were in the process of having her dragged out of the water for the annual scrubbing of the bottom and the ritual application of antifouling paint. (more…)
When I first met my present husband, Dave, he had a book on one of his bookshelves which he had read years earlier and he recommended it to me as a good read.
It was certainly that….. very well written and a first hand account of (more…)
In the middle of Cowes week and with the Southampton Boat Show looming on the horizon, I am reminded of some people we met during our sailing years. They were a live-aboard couple, still sailing regularly in the warm Spanish waters despite advancing years and arthritis. (more…)