I’m sure we’ve all had times where, in the aftermath of some important action, we have been asked “what were you thinking?” and found it hard to answer honestly. We might come up with a narrative to explain what we’ve done, a rationalisation after the event, but most of the…

I was on the beach a couple of hours ago when my phone started making this urgent warning noise! The government wanted me to know that the rain is coming and I should head for the high ground.Coincidentally, this was the exact same beach that I was on two years…

I bottled out! Not making the trip. 😟 I’m surprised at myself, feeling analytical. I’d like to understand my own thought process on this, see what I can learn. First, crew issues! The skipper is a decent guy and seems to know what he’s doing. We do have different thinking…

I’m on my way to the Azores islands! All that time spent online has paid off, and I’m joining a boat that’s sailing from Terceira (wherever that is) to Conway, in Wales. We’ll make a stopoff in Ireland but apart from that we’ll always be 500 miles from land, for…

So Lakefest is over and I have a few thoughts…This was a family festival, lots of people bringing kids but overall a middle-aged crowd looking for music from the 80s and 90s. Good stuff! I was the first of our crowd to arrive and discovered that our beloved leader had…

Driving south pretty aimlessly, I naturally ended up going to visit family and staying with my mother! And lovely as she is, that’s not what I want to be doing.So I’ve spent most of my time online, looking at Facebook groups and jobs websites to try and reach some kind…

So payday arrived and of course the bitch has tried to stiff me. In a civilized country such as Taiwan or the UK, this is not something I really worry about anymore. Years ago, working in construction in Germany, not getting paid was an occupational hazard. It happened all the…

Well this is a turn-up for the books! I got fired! I’m not quite sure why, but I suspect it has something to do with me complaining about not getting enough hours. I took this job with a clear guarantee that I would be working at least 35 hours a…