The Paradise where Covid ain't - just about
When we hear the news of New Zealand's enviable handling of Covid, friends – standing at the approved distance, of course – ask what on earth caused me to leave and never return.
A shock update for the Adam and Eve saga
This sort of thing doesn't happen often, but there's an update for the biblical tale of naughty old – though young at the time, of course – Eve and Adam with the revelation that she was feeding him - yes - poison.
Top news story of the year ... so far
Haven't we been treated to some astonishing news so far this year?
Think a landlubber life is safer than seafaring?
‘But what if you fell off the yacht so far from home?’ people often ask when talking of my passion for long-distance singlehanded sailing.