I returned to Cyprus after 5 week stint in the U.K. A distant friend of the family asked me if I’d be interested in project with Fibre Laser Welding machine manufactured in China. Initially I turned him down, why I…
Why I chose Stella Polaris for long distance sailing, especially solo. On the morning of January 6 1997, a story was breaking about two yachts that had overturned in the Southern Ocean while competing in the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world…
In the democratic world people who oppose the government or political parties are called in the U.K. the opposition. Certainly not given the title of dissident. However the opposite is true in totalitarian regimes such as the Russian Federation. Opposition politicians…
The last number of my blog posts the topics seems to relate to a dark side of human nature. As I get older, I’m now aged 72, not that I feel physically my age. But when I look in the mirror…
I decided to visit a new friend I had met online. My friend lives in the south western part of Ukraine on the Dnipro river. Where she lives there are a large number of metallurgical steel works on the banks…
Civilisation as we so call it? I believe started in the west in the ancient polis or city state of Athens in Greece. Now if there one place I would recommend visiting is metropolis of Athens the capital of Greece.…
Before writing this blog post I must admit I found it a difficult topic to assimilate and to formulate my thoughts. I have thought deeply about this human catastrophe and the carnage unravelling in Israel and Palestine. Well here goes I’ll…
As an ex professional soldier I’ve been watching and listening with interest how Ukraine have been standing up to the Russian military machine. Recently I’ve befriended a Ukrainian lady who still lives in Zaporizhzhia which is at south eastern end…