Back in 2014 I left the U.K. on my sailing boat Barada ( Nicholson 32) to sail to the Canary Islands via Madeira. Crossing the Bay of Biscay I wasn’t able to make for La Coruna due to the westerly…
I Listen to a retired US Army General Mark Hertling on physical fitness. His talk was at the US Armies office training college at West Point. I found it a remarkable talk why? He was talking about general health and…
Conwy North Wales to Sada North West Spain On Monday the 18 April we left Conwy North Wales on route to Sada North West Spain. This was the start of my 10 year sailing odyssey around the world with my Vancouver…
When I was in my late 40’s I decided to go back into engineering after 20 odd years as an industrial salesman. It was quite a change from having a company car and wearing a suit to suddenly wearing a…
I took the train from North Wales to Midland region of England last Monday to visit family. The weather was sunny with vivid blue skies sitting looking out of the window of the train I thought how green and lush…
Lost Cause; a person or thing that can no longer hope to succeed or be changed for the better. I’ve thought about this for long time now this situation in Ukraine is another example. I was listening to oil specialist…
Maybe like me you’ve been riveted to the news over the past several days with invasion of the Russian military into the Ukraine. This has really sadden me that a “one man” tyrant can unleash so much destruction on an…
Storms especially violent storms are natures power in all its unmitigated glory! Noisy, forceful, energetic, destructive and life threatening. Where does all this invisible energy come from? Which can’t be seen like electricity but certainly can be heard and felt. …