There was a lovely surprise waiting for me when I got home from work on Wednesday, HMS Surprise to be precise! All the way from San Diego courtesy of feroxargentea. Isn't she beautiful? :)


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I'm just back after spending a couple of days working in Cambridge, and of course I couldn't visit without following in nodbear's footsteps and making a pilgrimage to The Bridge. It was pouring rain yesterday morning and I had resigned myself to getting very wet in pursuance of fangirly devotion, however by late afternoon the skies had cleared and it ( Read more... )

I'm back home after a long but productive work meeting in London on Friday and a splendidly civilised dinner with esmerelda_t and nodbear in the evening. Afterwards esmerelda_t and I took a leisurely stroll through Trafalgar Square before retiring to her neck of the woods where we watched a whole 20 minutes of Poldark (baby Ioan looks terribly cute but Ned would have been ( Read more... )

I’m back! After an immensely enjoyable and highly productive weekend at the lovely nodbear’s. We surprised even ourselves and managed to write our whole presentation for the New Researchers in Maritime History conference from start to finish! All we need to do now is to add the pictures, tidy up some references and we’re done with the presentation, ( Read more... )

eglantine_br!!!
Drop everything and get on over to Bamber News
NOW!!!

One last little gem from Mother Goose Rhymes Censored....


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Meanwhile in Glasgow....

When I nipped out at lunchtime today I discovered a large military presence in George Square. Thankfully these splendid gentlemen were there for the Glasgow International Piping Festival which is on this week.


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Jamie Bamber really should steer clear of bridges and court rooms. It never ends well...

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