In praise of a really good man - my Dad
It's Father's Day and the perfect time to remember a great man who certainly did his best, both in wartime and for the greater length of his life, as a dedicated family man, a father, and in many ways a guiding light from childhood.
A wise quotation for flying holidays
Here's a brand new off-the-cuff original quotation: Book an airline ticket in haste and you could well pay at leisure.
The ocean throws back our, er, offerings
Conservation talk these days seems to centre on how we are ruining the sea with our rubbish. Plastics get the lion's share of the blame, though we flush lots else that we don't want into the briny.
Jeanne, 76, becomes UK's bravest sailor
Brit round-the-world sailor Jeanne Socrates has certainly taken the wind from my sails. I can hardly believe the good 76-year-old has found the astonishing courage and determination to leave port to return to the sea.
