Forward view from the conning tower of HMS TRIBUNE running on the surface in Scottish waters. Prior to writing my post, ‘Six Weeks Silent Service,’ it was necessary for me to to obtain details of life aboard a World War Two submarine. This meant accessing a number of useful websites. Information from these sites enabled …
While drafting a recent post, ‘The Worst Journey in the World,’ I was conducting a final edit of the piece when I remembered that I possessed an old ring binder containing my father’s mementos of his Russian Convoy Club membership. I knew the folder had included an assortment of relevant press cuttings, and suspecting that …
Elsewhere on this site I’ve expressed my love for cycling the near-deserted backroads and byways of my local area here in north Lincolnshire. One place which features regularly on my circuits is the village of Goxhill. When visiting Goxhill for the first time, the signage on each of the approach roads aroused my interest, proudly …
When I was first bitten with the urge to write, it was fiction I had in mind. I guess this was inevitable as I’d been reading the stuff since I was old enough to hold a library card ... and pay a fine for a late return. Whilst I still love fiction, it's fair to …
