Joining a new ship or establishment has a set requirements that you must adhere to, as does leaving. You don’t just turn up, where would you sleep? There are spaces or messes that are usually available for those drifting in …. I had to dredge through my old grey matter for a few moments then … More Work to Live Pt.5 – Darkest Cornwall
Hello again if you’re still following my life saga and thank you for being here, I’m thoroughly enjoying writing all of this down, it usually flits through my mind in unrelated segments, often totally out of context and for the most part, makes me smile. Going on leave or holiday after such a short time, … More Work to Live Pt.4 – Leave
Once again, thank you for the feedback and support for writing this, it’s a little cathartic sprinkling all these memories and emotions onto these pages. I think I’ve been smiling quite a bit as I have been writing, good memories, for the most part 🙂 As I said before, I had signed up for three … More Work to Live Pt.3 – In the Navy!
Thank you to everyone for your comments on my life Pt. 1 🙂 I’ve had the thought around doing this for some time and I think it might be quite uplifting putting it all down on e-paper 🙂 That and jogging my memory as well as cataloguing some aspects of my life that I may … More Work to Live – Starting a career.
I was born in Aberdeen in Scotland, I wasn’t aware of that at the time and I was raised in Lossiemouth so that’s where my memories of life began. My dad joined the RN so we had a few shifts around the country and, up to a point, it was great but when it came … More Work to live?
Doldrums – for us? Doldrums – Where does it come from? (Anyone else been feeling it recently? Just me? I think it’s mostly to do with the near constant poor weather we’ve been having and ………. I dropped my go-to lens, the one I take on just about every single walk. Devastated to say the … More Doldrums?
Good evening/morning all 👋 It’s 22:15 here in the wee corner of Perthshire and we’re in bed but, the sky was clearing earlier so I’ve set up a camera to capture any potential Aurora there might be. 22:10, I checked my Aurora app and lo and behold, there’s an Aurora already showing 😍 I got … More Green sky at night?
Good morning all, from a dank, dreich Perthshire, Scotland. I thought I’d share a link to these photography awards for those of a photographic, nature, bird loving ilk. Audubon Photography Awards 2026
I am really enjoying blogging, it’s so ….. different from standard (anti) social media, especially those BIG corporate names that people seem to be addicted to, you know the ones? Maybe you’re stuck there too? 🙂 Anyway, part of my blogging life includes photographs and of course, the cost of storing / sharing the same. … More The stresses of life online?
