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18 June. I hit a head-on gale, a very different proposition from a gale on the beam. A modern yacht can make headway against a gale, provided that the …
At dawn I found that the log had stopped again. This time I could not blame Pidge; the burgee halyard had parted, and one part of it, with the …
1 June, 1962, was a fine day, with the sun shining in a blue sky, a calm sea, a light breeze and it was perfect for the start of …
In February I went to Vence for a check up of my lung by Jean Mattei. Every day I timed myself up the Baou Blanc, 2400 feet, as a …
When next I looked at the Texas Tower I saw the three white domes standing high above the horizon on long stilted legs -a mirage. I had a fascinating …
100 West George Street Sculptor: Callum Sinclair (1990) This beautiful cat is hidden away over the lintel of the Royal Bank of Scotland building on West George Street. It …
Ever since I had arrived in Manila people had been asking, ‘When is the typhoon coming?’ This was not so that they could flee from it; they were complaining …
Glasgow Stock Exchange 155-59 Buchanan Street 63-69 Nelson Mandela Place Statue of St Andrew and decorative carving Architects: John Burnet 1875-1877 Sir John James Burnet 1894-1898 Sculptors: J & …
Royal Bank of Scotland 22-4 St. Enoch Square Symbolic Figures and Associated Decorative Carving Sculptor: Phyllis Archibald and Richard Ferris (1906-7) The four figures function as supporting pillars, and …
I took Pidge (somewhat reluctantly on his part) from his dovecote, and put him on the cockpit seat, as I thought that he ought to have some fresh air …