By Lesley | Published:
December 26, 2009
Exactly ten years ago…..
We knew a storm was in the offing. We were living aboard ‘Bolero’ a Moody 376 sailing yacht, in the marina at Les Sables d’Olonne on the west coast of France
But our minds were full of two other things as we approached the “New Millenium”.
One was the much advertised ‘Millenium Bug’ [...]
By Lesley | Published:
April 10, 2008
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
Also posted in Animals, Charity, Coastal erosion, DEFRA, Education, Happy things, Interesting things, RSPCA, Swansea, Uncategorized, Wales |
By Lesley | Published:
January 21, 2008
Perhaps it is just as well that we have had sustained heavy rain and gale force winds for many days now.
By Lesley | Published:
November 24, 2007
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.
By Lesley | Published:
November 8, 2007
I was thirteen when the Great flood of Canvey Island happened.
By Lesley | Published:
October 5, 2007
Just before this magic day fades into antiquity…. I wish to raise a glass to Sputnik
By Lesley | Published:
September 29, 2007
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.
By Lesley | Published:
January 13, 2007
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.
By Lesley | Published:
October 31, 2006
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.
By Lesley | Published:
October 20, 2006
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