Precisely one year ago I had an interesting evening in Portsmouth. What should have been a routine shore excursion to Wetherspoons (don’t ask) rapidly devolved into an extended tour of behind the shipyard and random parts unknown. After acquainting myself with the backsides of naval barracks and being told by a local to catch a […]
Well and truly through jetlag and feeling a burst of Monday productivity I thought I should finish this. We ate lunch at this place a couple of times. Obligatory cat photos. I haven’t really spoken about the weather, how un-anglophilic of me. It was quite cold in Istanbul at the start of March. Layering up […]
As promised. I have made it safely to New Zealand. My plane was late leaving Istanbul, what was I saying about efficiency? I had an hour to clear customs and get on my flight to New Zealand in Doha. Although I and my large suitcase made it here. My Fri(day) suitcase I had fastidiously packed […]
With another rotation under my belt, it was time to have a well-deserved technical stopover in Istanbul. My new traveling companion and I spent a couple of weeks hatching an itinerary. What follows are a few words, photos, insights, and links to places we enjoyed. I departed on Sunday from Tivat, Montenegro. Tivat has been […]
It was before dawn when I scryed a exotic hand bag shop opening in duty free. One could not buy a coffee but could fastoon oneself with a designer handbag before the sun rose. Managed decay. This delightful strategy describes navy philosophy for the stewardship of seagoing assets. In my field of expertise yachts required […]
Turns out an LLM can create passable tales of some merit. Consider this an appetizer for my forthcoming expose and long overdue Crew Profile of Kieren, “Write me a funny story about a Scottish Super Yacht Engineer named Kieran who drinks a lot and falls in love with a waitress at a Hooters bar in […]
It has got really cold here. I have had a bug. This walk would be a lot more interesting at night time and that shall be the next one.
Having infamously divorced myself from Social media and other more physical annoyances. I do want to use this place a bit differently. I did take a few photos yesterday after I made it through the tunnel. Hamburg reminds me of Berlin. I shall be posting more photos and things as I see fit.
So I am safely over jetlag and very busy at my new job. Something nice about this position is that we get one day off a week. Yesterday I went for a walk into the city and this involved finding a tunnel under the river. I managed to completely miss the tunnel entrance and get […]