Caution the wild tangents contained in these tales were created at high speeds. To the untrained reader it might be an uneasy ride. I have a worrying infection. The symptons have become very real in the last 24 hours. Please read my diagnosis. Yesterday we took five hours to pick up our rental car from […]
With a week up our sleeves over New Years, Anna and I have decided into venture to Prague in the Czech Republic. Initially we were going to go to Vienna. This was probably a foolhardy choice. I listened to a very dodgy looking yard worker who has Love and Hate tatooed on his fists. He […]
I am not fond of snow, cold weather or getting a cold bottom. This morning I woke up to all three. The temperature of Viareggio hit a balmy -8 degrees last night. The snow which everyone in England has been hysterical over, had made an appearance. We had so much snow, ice and assorted not […]
A surge in popularity of this blog in Sweden has me enthralled. This previously untapped market deserves more pandering too and it is with great pleasure I present to you an alternative history of Sweden with some factual content. It is worth noting without the sagely advice and clandestine interviewing of Uncle Phil my entire […]
I think I bit off a bit more than I can chew…. Domani
A lack of resources truly does encourage creativity. Like a popular hora it appears I do my best work on my back. I have not been comfortable with a laptop that burns my legs and is much too ungainly to use in my bunk bed. On the weekend I set about repairing my EEE. My […]
I got asked on Facebook to show some photos of me lifting our new lines. The first photo is of me lifting as much as I can whilst still looking cool in a pair of sunglasses even though it is 4 degrees here. The second photo is showing how much my body is contorting holding […]
Nautical tid bit of the day. When a rope joins a boat it becomes a line. All ropes on boats are called lines. On Wednesday we took delivery of our mooring lines. To say our mooring lines are stupidly huge would be a grossly negligent understatement. For the less salty of you I will try […]
Momentous occasions a plenty this week as our crew took possession of RoMa. Would you believe the only thing stopping us from moving on board was a set of mattresses that would not fit? All of the crew mattresses were a couple of inches short(I am feeling imperial) and our loving yard assured us that […]
I do not like admit it but sometimes moaning and bleating on the internet gets results. Things have changed dramatically during my one week hiatus. Late last week we were given the go ahead to start organising the crew area on board for habitation. The enormity of this approval was not met without disbelief. Three […]