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2006
Sri Lanka 2006 A cup of tea ‘reveals’ you – a quote from a close friend of mine who laid great store in a cup of Ceylon tea. For the record he was aware that it should have been ‘revives’, not ‘reveals’. I took the group at their word when the asked what was happen …
2005
“I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” — Mark Twain Marvellous Malaysia – 2005 Our 2004 holiday had been our first holiday in fifteen years. I was made redundant in 1995, after which I started my own company, …
2004
2004 Rudyard Kipling once said that – The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it – how true was his advice for Maureen & I when we began our DIY travelling in retirement. Having spent time at sea in my teens and early twenties I had often promised Maureen that one …
HMS Conway
Towards the end of my time at school the headmaster asked if anyone wanted to try for a scholarship to ‘HMS Conway’. www.hmsconway.org This would require a weekend away at HMS Conway’s shore based establishment, in North Wales, for interviews and an examinations. My parents agreed, and some weeks later I travelled by train to …
