Still Waiting On The Sun
The blue sky’s still there. I know it is. It’s just hidden, that’s all. What is it they say about the weather suiting the mood? Or is it the mood suiting the weather? Either way, right...
Category: Life
2018 – Reboot
Gail and I got back to ‘Gleda’ Saturday evening. Our friends Garry and June picked us up from Murcia airport and ran us to Lidl so that we could get some provisions. Thanks guys. All was...
Digging Deep
Firstly, I must again express my gratitude for your messages of sympathy and support. I know that my writing is often self-centred and negative. That people like you continue to take the time to read it...
No Choice?
Firstly my deepest gratitude goes to those of you that left messages and condolences after my last blog post. It means a lot to me. I hope you’ll forgive me for not replying to each of...
Enjoy Yourself
It’s New Years Eve 6:30am. I’m writing this sitting on a sofa, in a lounge, in a centrally heated house, in the UK. Twenty hours ago I had no thought that I’d be here. Yesterday morning...
Two Questions
What now? That’s the first question (The second comes right at the bottom of this post) What now is a question we ask ourselves a lot isn’t it? Usually it’s asked when a succession of bad...
Zen & The Art Of Boat Building
As I ease into the second of the fifteen months I’ve set aside for ‘work’ I’m entering a dip. You know what I’m talking about right? You’ve had them too. One of my ‘mentors’ Seth Godin...
Floating In Time
e’re floating in time and history here on the Rio Guadiana. 3000 years of history and time. Phoenicians from the Eastern Mediterranean sailed up here 1000 years before Christ. Romans, Visigoths and Moors have lived, worked...
What’s The Point?
That’s the question that’s been running through my head for the past week now. What’s the point of cruising on a sailboat? Does there even need to be one? I blame the Guadiana. It’s this place...