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Ticking Boxes

February 22, 2022

After just ten hours in Port Cartier in June 1974 loading iron ore (my second ten hours in Port Cartier …

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The Dizzy Heights

August 17, 2021

My first period of leave passed quickly. Having arrived home on 22 March 1974, it took my employers exactly one …

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I Don’t Believe in Father Christmas

May 24, 2021

In the previous post the Sheaf Royal had arrived in Rotterdam. We weren’t there long. It took 36 hours to …

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Rotterdam or Anywhere

May 21, 2021

Rotterdam was the third port we visited on the Sheaf Royal during my first trip to sea. Arriving off Rotterdam …

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The Black Jellybean of Sin

March 30, 2016

The Welford family make an annual Easter pilgrimage to Skegness, where the coast is low, the sea is cold, and …

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Another Wrong Train

December 7, 2015

It has happened again! Last night I received a call from our daughter who instead of heading back to Nottingham …

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The Wrong Trousers

November 6, 2015

There was a time when I used to purchase an extra pair of trousers with a new suit. Given that …

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The Gap Year

October 14, 2015

The Gap Year didn’t exist when I was growing up. Like most of my friends I left school at sixteen. …

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The Wrong Yoke

February 4, 2015

A couple of birthdays ago my wife bought me a Fitbit. This handy little device clips into my shirt pocket and …

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Washing Feet

January 28, 2015

It is easy to get discouraged at times. I have to confess that I spent the first two weeks of …

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Dry Docked

August 4, 2012

  Today we have a new writer but a familiar face. Anyone who has followed the blog from the start may remember …

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Working for no pay

January 12, 2011

I don’t know about you but I want to contribute to life – I want a chance to give something of myself: to God, to my ‘neighbour’, to creation.

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The Cost of Serving

December 1, 2010

I really did not want to say yes to the request, but found it difficult to say no, or justify a negative response. I woke this morning challenged by the dream, which raised several questions.

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