Adventure Posts

  Hello all -  Happy Sunday!   Eighty years ago on Thursday, 19 September 1944, was a day to remember for William of Orange. William of Orange the pigeon, that is. Let’s rewind a little first…I used to think that a p…

Hello all -  Happy Sunday!   Imagine you’re 12,000 miles from home. You have no communications, no backup. You’re on the high seas with no engine, just sailcloth and temperamental winds to drive you. Even your maps are va…

Hello all -  Happy Sunday!   ​In 1986, I was in my final year at Manchester University and had to write up my dissertation in a form that was legible enough for someone to mark it. My solution? I went out (note “went out&r…

Hello all -  Happy Sunday!   The obvious choice to contemplate this week was Queen Elizabeth II's coronation on this day, 2 June 1953. She was our longest reigning monarch (70 years and 214 days to be precise), even surpassing t…

Hello all -  Happy Sunday!   This week in the UK the sun came out, and, of course, we all had to rush out and enjoy it. I picked up my mother and we went into Christchurch for a coffee. We sat outside looking over the square and…

Hello all -  Happy Sunday!   I’m often asked, “What is a podcast?” Broadly speaking, in the United States, UK, Canada, Australia & New Zealand, about 70%* of the population have now heard of podcasts with r…