St. Margaret’s Hope is the terminus for the fast ferry Pentalina between mainland Scotland and the Orkney Islands. The bay also is an excellent anchorage, with plenty of swing room, good wind protection and convenient bus access to the towns of Kirkwall and Stromness. We very much enjoyed the anchorage, especially after the ordeal of…
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All You Need is Love
As most know my motto, and one I have strived to live by, is Make Your Dream Your Story. My life is a testament to the metamorphosis from dream to reality. I also preach that we should not be ruled by our fears. Ah but my life experience created a significant and justifiable fear of being married. Frankly it has been the single worst experience of my life, so why on earth would I want to do it again? Ergo the conflict I have been dueling for the last year. To understand the conflict, one mus…
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Stromness
Stromness, on Mainland in the Orkney Islands, was once a major provisioning stop for Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) ships heading to and from Canada, and a major source of labour for the company. By the late eighteenth century, three quarters of the HBC’s Canadian workforce were from the Orkney Islands. The town has real character,…
Neolithic Orkney
The Heart of Neolithic Orkney UNESCO World Heritage Site consists of four prehistoric monuments dating to some 5,000 years ago. They include the ancient settlement of Skara Brae, the Maeshowe chambered tomb, and two ceremonial stone circles: the Standing Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar. After freeing our ensnarled anchor at Widewall Bay,…
2017-23 Turtle Bay to Magdelena Bay
Sunday, November 12, 2017:
Last evening the fleet enjoyed beers, margaritas and enchiladas at a Tortuga Bay restaurant. The event started early so that the “CUBARistas” could find their boats at anchor in the dark, and then sober-up for today’s …
New Plan for the Books
I communicated with a publisher about this Drift Away blog transferred to Drift Away books. First, I was told that publishers aren’t interested in a series of books, which this would have to be. At least two, perhaps three books worth.&nbs…
2017-23 Turtle Bay to Magdelena Bay
Sunday, November 12, 2017:Last evening the fleet enjoyed beers, margaritas and enchiladas at a Tortuga Bay restaurant. The event started early so that the “CUBARistas” could find their boats at anchor in the dark, and then sober-up for today’s ea…
New Plan for the Books
I communicated with a publisher about this Drift Away blog transferred to Drift Away books. First, I was told that publishers aren’t interested in a series of books, which this would have to be. At least two, perhaps three books worth. …
Facebook Photo Challenge
Facebook has been full of black and white photos…part of a photo challenge. The instructions given to me were: Seven days, seven black and white photos of your life. No people. No explanation.
I was also suppose to tag someone each day to invite them to join, but I decided most of my friends probably wouldn’t take part, so I just posted my pictures. I followed the rules other wise and posted my photos without an explanation…although it was a little difficult not to add a caption.
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Cochise Goes to Washington
For some reason this summer, numerous friends asked us if we’d visit Washington, DC with Cochise. Go 170 miles out …Read More
