Spring has certainly sprung and global warming has turned up at last in my immediate vicinity after several decades of gloom and doom prophe...

(13 May) St Helena can be seen from miles off on a clear day, it is simply a large, mountainous rock in the middle of nowhere. I was inter...

It's dry again and cool, could warm up later which is just as well as I am off on another road trip in a few hours to darkest Somerset t...

My feet have still not grounded yet after the holiday, the beautiful weather is also not conducive to getting on with things, albeit there i...

While away on holiday I missed another War and Conquest gaming weekend in Newark, I actually thought I would motor down yesterday for the da...

No lochs or mountains this morning as I gaze out the window, it is a beautiful morning, but cool. I came back last night from a road trip to...

On 5 May as we left the shadow of the Rock behind the crew were somewhat jaded after several days of over indulgence and sporting activities...

We sailed from Plymouth early on Tuesday 28th April and met up with HMS Alliance , an 'A' class submarine which had just completed a...

 Dead Man's Hand at the club last night, I wasn't sure how many players we would have, I half expected four but in the end it was ...

Thought I was in for another terrible morning serving the great British public, three customers before 0910 hrs, but it has now tailed off a...

Just turned 9.30 and I have had at least ten people in so far, so many in fact I have not even had a chance to look at my emails or check ou...

The last day of home alone, the washing's done, the ironing is done a bit of a food shop today and we are ready for Mrs A's arrival ...