‘Young at Heart’

I suddenly realised that my pledge to swim 1000 lengths with Swimathon, to raise funds for Marie Curie Nursing has been rather neglected over the last few weeks- though a combination of factors (not least of which is the garden) – and that in order to complete the self-imposed challenge I have to get a wiggle on. Continue reading “‘Young at Heart’”

Neat bomb patterns

In the 60s and at the height of the ‘Cold War’ I was stationed in Germany for three years. I had a really nice time there, to the point of considering going back to work and live there when I left the forces in 1969. Well, I didn’t, but I did have a life changing experience there. I read ‘Catch 22’ by Joseph Heller. Reading this book wasn’t my prime reason for not signing on to a retirement age in the forces, but it was a contributing factor.
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Divers take hook out of shark’s mouth

While on a routine dive in Algoa Bay last week this happened. The injured shark appears at about 1:50, but the intro is worth the wait, it’s very pretty.

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By Guy Rogers

UNUSUAL footage of an underwater shark rescue in Algoa Bay has been posted on-line.

The hero of the piece, dive-master Jacques Pitout of Pro Dive, was at the weekend out at Bellbuoy Reef, a nautical mile off Hobie Beach, with his boss Louis van Aardt, and a group of tourists. Continue reading “Divers take hook out of shark’s mouth”

Now as then?

However much we may sympathize with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbours, we cannot in all circumstances undertake to involve the whole British Empire in a war simply on her account.
Neville Chamberlain

Goodnight everyone, sleep well.