Cast your bread upon the waters

A nice fish tea for four. As a boy nearly every summer holiday was spent staying with either my maternal or paternal grandparents. My mother's parents lived in a small village on the North west coast of Scotland. My father's were from a crofting community in the same area. My maternal grandfather was in his …

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Nothing to Lose

Captain Scott, at rest after day's adventure. ** The spring /summer of 1973 was for me a transition period between finishing school and starting studies at Glasgow university. With time on my hands I applied for and was fortunate to get a 26 day scholarship to join the adventure sail training vessel 'Captain Scott'. Purpose …

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