We have a small number of pictures painted by my wife's grandmother that we framed and hung on the walls of our house. Sally’s...

At the end of a long pebble beach in Dorset, England, is the Isle of Portland, a rugged limestone promontory.  Portland is the home of...

Murat King of Naples by Francis Gerand The French Revolution, as do all revolutions, gave opportunities to able men and women, Napoleon...

I’ve been lucky enough to visit three islands associated with Napoleon Bonaparte – the island of his birth, Corsica – and the two islands...

My new novel, “Cape Corse”, has just been published, available here on Amazon: Cape Corse. As I explained in a previous blog, it was...

The inspiration for my latest book, “Cape Corse”, came during our 2022 visit to Corsica in our sailing boat Kim. Arrival in Calvi after...

Kipling’s MacAndrew’s Hymn is one of my favourite poems, probably because I used to be a marine engineer. This is an extract: Fra...

Our objective for 2023 was to take Kadash, AKA Kim, our 40’ aluminium lift keel yacht, from Port Napoleon at the mouth of the Rhone,...

A few years ago, I inherited responsibility for the upkeep of the family field near Corfe Castle, in Dorset. Dorset Wildlife Trust...

We’ve recently returned from France, where we did some work on our 42 foot aluminium sailboat, Kadash, AKA “Kim”. The boat is ashore at...

La Ciotat, just to the east of Marseille, is an excellent port, and in its bay, surrounded by pine clad hills, shelter can be found from...

Yesterday we noticed that the paperback edition of Weymouth Bound climbed to third position in the Amazon "Lad Lit" category. I hadn't...

Practical Boat Owner magazine www.pbo.co.uk features an article about the restoration of Mitch, our 31 foot Mitchell Sea Angler, which...

The paintings on the covers of my books are by marine artist Mark Myers. I like them because they seem to create a window into a time...

Motor Boat and Yachting Magazine www.mby.com has published an account of Mitch's trip around France, relating our progress to the wine...

I have recently re-read ‘Typhoon’ by Joseph Conrad, a story about a ship in a typhoon with several hundred Chinese passengers literally...

Some Weston Antennas - clockwise from top left: 9.5 metre antenna in Munich 13.5 metre antennas near Berne 11 metre antenna in London...

In July 2021 we were working on Mitch in the yard at Port Napoleon, and noticed Kadash, a purposeful looking yacht nearby displaying an...

The boatyard at Foleux was a little bit grim in March 2019 when we returned by car to work on Mitch. It rained for a lot of the time,...

In early May 2018 we returned to Lezardrieux, staying in a gite while we worked on the boat in the yard. We fitted the reset injector...