Learning our ABCs – 1
Position: 50°00’05.7″N 5°44’52.3″E A is for Ambition “Tempus fugit!”, said the man as he threw his alarm clock out of his window. Our clock was ticking. Aleta is on the hard and waiting for parts. She’s also waiting for us …
The Battle of the Bulge
Position: 50°10’32.9″N 5°31’19.3″E Rather than flog a dead horse, here’s what happened with the propellor. It’s been removed and we are patientily waiting for its replacement. As someone said, “If you use things they break.” And in this case, our …
Den Helder, Holland
Position: ///MONKEY.ELEVATE.RECLINE Bright and early the sun over Cuxhaven slashed through the blinds and roused us. Slack water wasn’t due until mid-morning, so we lolled around making coffee and finishing the crossword. With 30 minutes to go, we moved Aleta …
South to Cuxhaven
Position: 53°52’29.0″N 8°42’22.5″E Back to adventuring! If you’re going to deny reality (and who doesn’t want to deny reality at the moment?), then sailing is a perfectly plausible excuse for doing so. Our heads are too full of boaty things …
Team “Aleta Goes South”
Position: 54°18’37.8″N 9°40’58.6″E The Story So Far… The last time our plucky heroes were in Germany they were stuck halfway up the Kiel Canal without an engine. Never to back down in the face of a challenge, Carol and Mike …
Honoring Bob Kemble
POSITION: 41°23’57.2″N 73°57’58.4″W “Spring at West Point”, Ginger said, “is grey and depressing.” Sure enough, barren trees covered the hills surrounding the United States Military Academy and the cold, cloudy weather felt more like February than mid-April. Only a clutch …
Friendships
Position: 54°18’39.4″N 9°40’56.9″E Friendships form the backbone of our emotional lives. Aesthetes and rock stars may argue that love is life’s spinal column. But love, like time, is fleeting. Even the most passionate relationships will fail if the parties fall …
Der Zwischenzeit
Position: 47°35’22.4″N 122°22’47.4″W Der zwischenzeit: literally ‘the time in between’. In English we would say ‘in the meantime’. I like the literal translation. That’s where we have been for the past couple of weeks. Somewhere between here and there. Our …
Seeking Alfa
Position: 51°10’50.6″N 1°15’43.6″W Date: May 08, 2008 When I arrived at Heathrow Airport yesterday, Hertz had set aside a Ford Mondeo estate for me. (I hope I don’t have to translate ‘estate’ to ‘station wagon’, do I?) It smelled of …