I remember climbing a mast on my first trip (I was an engineer and mast's were nowt to do with me) to see what it was like up there and I got a mate to take a picture of me when I was at the top. The Chief Engineer went absolutelyfekkinberserk when he found out.
I decided it was to remain a once-in-a-life-time experience.
Nice one Captain.
I was never a captain!Originally Posted by pablo42
Tweren't for you...
Twas for a real seafarer...
Two pictures ,60 years apart. We can see a Prussian bargee and his family ,propelling a raft of logs to some distant woodyard ; a journey that will take them two months to complete. The family live in the straw hut ! the second picture shos a modern German river barge,the family live aboard in conditions as good as any ashore and with all mod cons too. I know which way I would prefer to travel ! It is something that I always wanted to do ,to travel through the European river systems ,down to the
Black sea,following in the wake of those travellers of old .
BrianD
It is something that I always wanted to do ,to travel through the European river systems ,down to the
Black sea,following in the wake of those travellers of old .
BrianD
FROM Swan Hellenic You can do this in style, good company to sail with, they were the ones I went to South America, Antarctic and South Africa with last year.
What are you saving up for .
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Nice one guys.
We were leaving Siberia dock in Antwerp and were passing through the lock to enter the Scheldt.As we were waiting for the lock to to level up we heard an enormous explosion off our starboard bow and looked to see one of the enormous chemical "tanks" at the Bayer Plant erupt. We could feel the blast ,and we were nearly a mile away. The fire quickly spread and it seemed an age before we saw any fire fighters. We were leaving the lock by the time they arrived and never saw what finally happened. The pall of smoke rose hundreds of feet and was visible to us as left Belgium altogether. That was in August 1967,ring a bell with anyone?
BrianD
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You got an echo there Brian.
You got an echo there Brian
Blind b***er,they're two different pictures,
BrianD
There were two posts there Brian, unless my Glefiddich is playing tricks with my eyes.
It is cold and snowy outside as I write these words. I converted more slides last night and amongst were these from 67'. This is a Moss Hutchinson liner ,the Kypros,and we were in Famagusta ,on the then undivided island of Cyprus. As you can see ,the sun is overhead and the heat was like a furnace, I supped no end of 7Ups to stave off my thirst. I can almost fel that sun as I look at these old photo's,
BrianD
Nice one Brian.
my brother, he of the Aspinalls Cambrinous Craft Brewery, purveyor of the Finest Real Ales to the Northern Shires, sailed on the Kypros in the late 60s.
I sailed on her sister Memphis in 1960/1, good ships and a good run.
Whilst rooting about amongst my library ,looking for some books to lend a friend ,I casme across this little beauty that has been sadly neglected these past few years. This is a log of the Royal Tour undertaken in 1901 by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York's ,who later became King George V and Queen Mary . What makes this journal rather special is that it was written and illustrated by someone from the lower decks. Webb and Bower ,the publishers ,brought out this edition in 1988 and it is a facsimile of Petty Officer Harry Prices journal. I offer you the cover and a page just to give you a taster;see if your library has it ,it gives a fascinating insight into the mores of the Edwardian age,
BrianD
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