Posts from ‘June, 2008’

Hi All Those of you who know me, know that I am a real sucker for a good sunrise picture.  These shots were taken from the ship whilst we were berthed in Taichung, Taiwan.    Admittedly I did not take them myself, these shots were taken by our Chief Cable Engineer using a camera so impressive Nasa [...]

Hi All Listen up world, I am about to drop some knowledge. When I was a kid I went to a school in East London called Selborne College.  Here we learnt Latin.  It was during one of our lessons that I learnt the origin of the word "Sincere".  It comes from two words.  The First [...]

Hi All Over the past few days I have been seeing reports come through on my news feedsthat it had really been raining down the South Coast.  Today I got a whole bunch of pictures showing just how bad it really is.  Wow I would never have guessed.  The N2 around Toti is pretty much [...]

Go to Sea, they said… See the World ….     they said… Get to travel to exotic places….       They said… Bollocks! Yesterday, we were asked to move from our berth at the cable depot to another one as another cable ship called the Lodbrog was coming in to load cable.   We got unceremoniously dumped on this new [...]

Hi All This is what happens if you have a set of kick arse speakers, a bottle of salt and too much time on your hands.