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Fortnum & Mason Department Store and "the Map that Changed the World."

Cheers,
  I’m pooped!  My nephew Andrew arrived on Friday and we’ve walked miles and miles since then.  His interests are design, crafts, and architecture so we’ve looked at London a bit differently than we normally do.  Just …

Prince Rupert (almost) to Ketchikan

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Queen Charlotte Sound to Prince Rupert BC

25 Feb cont’. In the course of the crossing, the conditions just got better and better — beautiful sunset and the most benign passage of QCS we’ve made. We experienced a little bit of the NE outflow passing across the face of Rivers Inlet, but by the…

Southwark Cathedral Part 2 : The American Connection.

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     Randal needed more fiber pills (he’s not much for fruit or veggies) so we walked down Borough Street to the Holland and Barrett shop to buy some.  Southwark Cathedral is just nearby so we stopped in to take the

Rude View

This is my first entry for the intrepid ship DavidEllis. Unlike Dave, spelling is not my strength, so be fore warned. Dave called via Satellite Phone and reported all is well with ship and crew. They are in the Tolkime Passage about a day and a half f…

Shoreditch

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   One day left in February!  Too much more to see!!!  It takes a really long time to see a place unless you’ve done a ton of research ahead of time so know exactly what you want to see and see it the first time.  We …

Port McNeil

25 Feb, Tues 0030 Just a quick catch-up before shutting my eyes… the run up to Port McNeil from Alert Bay was short and uneventful — following wind and chop. We’ve tied up here before and like the place. Dennis and David jumped right into severa…

Alert Bay

24 Feb, Monday 1000 The wind increased and shifted overnight at our Alert Bay anchorage, making things uncomfortable and freaking Ol’ Rusty a bit. This morning it was clear the SE gale had shifted to NE arctic high outflow — which can create 50+ knot…

St Mary-le-Bow and the Blitz

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       Nothing with these emails is ever simple.  Not long after we arrived in London I started writing about our walking tour of the “square mile of historic London” and got sidetracked after Part !.&#160…

Underway 21-23 Feb

February 21 (Continued…)