Ramblings

  • Live video – Dublin Bay

    Live video – Dublin Bay

    A clip from sailing in Dublin Bay, achieved by using a squeeze clamp to clamp my phone to the hatch. Originally broadcast on Facebook.

  • August Holiday – Barbados

    August Holiday – Barbados

    A trip to the land of my birth in August – most of the photos are from Flower Forest. August is not a good time to visit Barbados due to the general lack of breeze; even those of us who grew up there find it pretty damn hot.

  • Live video – Killiney Bay

    Live video – Killiney Bay

  • May Holiday – Lisbon, Portugal

    May Holiday – Lisbon, Portugal

    Good fresh food, inexpensive. The maritime museum is pretty interesting, given Portugal’s position in history regarding maritime trade and exploration. Belรฉm Tower wasn’t so interesting – you climb some stairs and look out over the bay, and there was a dearth of information about the role the tower played in history. Monserrate Palace, on the…

  • A Great Day in Leamington Spa

    A Great Day in Leamington Spa

    Back at the end of 2015, a friend from Leamington/Warwick dropped me a line about wanting to re-create “A Great Day in Harlem” with musicians from the Leamington Spa area. For some reason, I agreed to help out, and a date was eventually set for early May of this year. We pored over Google Maps,…

  • A Visit to Wales

    A Visit to Wales

    K and I visited Wales for a holiday. It rained.