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AoS Yuletide Roundup
A belated attempt at a Yuletide round up, slowed down even further by me stopping to read things I hadn't noticed before. 'Age' rather than specifically Sail, although I could easily have missed something not connected to the sea.
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Matthew Flinders Found
I read a story today on the ABC news website that they have discovered the burial place of the British explorer Matthew Flinders who was one of the first men to circumnavigate Australia. It was found underneath a London train station. For the story click on the link -
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Podcast: “The Lady Pirate” - Anne Bonny
“The Lady Pirate” - Anne Bonny, is a two ep. podcast made over her life as a female pirate ( Read more... ) -
Captain Cook's Waistcoat
A waistcoat worn by James Cook is up for auction. See the article -
Captain Cook's Waistcoat
I hope one of the local museum's will snap it up or at least someone with the money who will then lend it to the museum for public display. -
Hornblower Watch
Maybe you haven't watched the Hornblower series for years, and think it's time to get it out again ( Read more... ) -
Collingwood Society 2017
The Collingwood Society has now published its programme for 2017, which looks very interesting as usual (I always kind of half hope that it won't be quite so interesting, so I'm not tempted to run away to Newcastle so much...). I'm not sure if anyone is within reach of the north east of England, but if you are, there's lots to hear ( Read more... ) -
Age of Sail Yuletide roundup
I've attempted an Age of Sail Yuletide round up again - as before, it's more Age than specifically Sail, but do let me know anything I've missed!
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Perfect Duet Advent Calendar 2016
Perfect Duet, the comm for all things Master and Commander: Books and Movie, will be celebrating the Advent and Christmas season with a new version of the Advent Calendar 2016.
We cannot do it alone, so we invite you to join in the fun.
How it works:
1) For Livejournal, please comment at Perfect Duet here or at Perfect Duet’s sister comm on ( Read more... ) -
What I did on my holidays
I have (finally) got round to writing up my adventures this summer on the trail of the tall ships and various AoS heroes - it's perfectly reasonable, of course, not to want to look at someone else's holiday photos, but if anyone is interested...
What I did on my holidays:
Part 1 - Lisbon
Part 2 - Gibraltar
Part 3 - Cadiz
Part 4 - Cape Trafalgar