Category Archives: South Pacific

Hurting

Posted on November 1, 2012 by steve

I’m paying for it. Yesterday my legs were protesting a little from our 7km walk. Today my calves are howling their protest at me. They’ll give up complaining long before I give up bearing them. It has meant a couple … Continue reading →

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Dancing in the Rain

Posted on October 31, 2012 by steve

We’ve been getting a bit more exercise recently. All along Helen has been cajouling, encouraging, forcing me to get out and walk most days. Even when I was in hospital we would go for walks through the corridors with my … Continue reading →

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Staying In Touch

Posted on October 29, 2012 by steve

It must be impossible for any reader of this blog to miss the fact that a big part of cruising are the fellow cruisers you meet. I, like many others, read other blogs prior to setting off as part of … Continue reading →

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St Kilda

Posted on October 28, 2012 by steve

On Saturday Helen and I drove over to St Kilda, a Melbourne district by the sea, to meet and have lunch with Helen, a friend/ex-colleague of my Helen’s from when she worked in New Jersey, USA. We met at the … Continue reading →

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This Is Very Special

Posted on October 27, 2012 by steve

Big thanks to blog reader Gordon Ross (who arranged this) and the members of the band who sent us their wishes. Yesterday we received in the post a signed copy of the new Deacon Blue album, The Hipsters. The new … Continue reading →

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