Trying to post Archie's sonnet last night I was having trouble because the pad for letter E on my keyboard had come off - I explained this in passing to anteros_lmc

who had the following thoughts;

How annoying! Does this mean you are going to become Odbear for the foreseeable future?! I'm sorry... :}

and also

I'm not surprised! I'm tempted to ( Read more... )

This is a joint anniversary post with anteros_lmc and is dedicated to the extraordinary men who formed the crews of the Amazon the Indefatigable and their opponent the Droits de l'Homme who encountered one another in wild seas in a January day 204 years ago. This part contains extracts from a letter written by Captain de Lacrosse of the Droits de L’homme to ( Read more... )

An update from northerly parts - anteros_lmc has already told you about the pirate ship - not too bad , eh? and the knot - tying

More later on why I am an actually here - for the World Parkinson Congress - but just to fill you in on our latest adventures in Indefatigable territory - anteros has left a tantalising hint about another cute young middy ( Read more... )