Success and progress
I passed! Yes, it was three weeks or so ago now, but I’ve been busy, so there you go. I am the proud holder of a Chief Mate (unlimited) certificate of competence, but unfortunately my application to add on the Master (3000gt) ticket has been held up by a quibble about whether or not my…
The art of avoiding distraction…..
So, another month has passed since my last post. Seems to be becoming a habit… The reason for this is probably known to my regular reader, and that of course is that I have been continuing my studies towards my Chief Mates unlimited ticket, and, ultimately, my Master unlimited (Master Mariner). It is a long,…
Some progress at last
It has been a month since my last offering, and I am happily able to report some actual progress with the project to fit out Serchthrift! Over the last few weeks, as well as frantically scribbling past exam papers to keep my mind ticking over on the professional side (written exams have now been rescheduled…
July 2020 Update
Nobody could have imagined at the start of the year what was going to unfurl as the winter turned to spring and the days started to lengthen. After two months trudging wearily into college day after day, we were told fairly unceremoniously one Tuesday morning that the college would be closing that day, and we…
Archived posts from 2011 Meanderings
24/7/11 Meanderings will resume shortly! Hello all. I’m currently in Shetland, holed up in Lerwick whilst the latestNortherly gales blow through. The Tall Ships fleet has delayed sailing for24 hours so we don’t throw our trainees / voyage crew straight out into theworst conditions the north Atlantic summer can offer!However, my stint as Captain of…
CATCHING UP – A SUMMARY OF 2017’S CRUISE (16 JUL 2018)
Now I’ve got the history of my site as up to date as I can – unfortunately most of my blogs covering my travels with Stu in New Zealand have been lost in the confusion – I can catch up with my last two seasons’ sailing in Meander. I’m afraid the posts will not be…
WELCOME BACK! (11 JUL 2018)
It has been a while. Finally, after abortive attempts to recover my original blog website, I have decided to start again. Fortunately I have managed to recover some of my blog posts from the old site, but the rest of the content has been lost unfortunately. I was starting to think that it might be…
TECHNICAL INTERLUDE (20 JAN 2016)
Those of you who may log on regularly to check up on me may have noticed recently that the blog has been inaccessible. This is due to my slow and sporadic attempts to transfer technical things like domain names and hosting services etc over into my own name from Will’s accounts, which he set me…
THE LAST FEW DAYS (5 AUG 2015)
I last wrote some time ago having arrived in Plockton. I am now in the unfortunate position of having to write my final blog for this year’s Meandering two weeks later, having left the happy glow of summer leave behind me and returned to the gritty reality of what, for me at least, passes as…
POTTERING IN THE FAR NORTH… AND MUSIC (20 JUL 2015)
It has been a wee while since I last posted. What can I say? It has been a busy and exciting few days, and our ears are still whistling from their bombardment by all kinds of Celtic and related music at the festival in Stornoway. But first, I left you in the sauna in Ullapool,…
