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Tag Archives: snorkelling
The longest last day…with added cuttlefish
Well it IS long when you’re long-hauling it across the Atlantic… and so it continues. Apologies for the enthusiasm. This is making me realise that I still write my diaries as though I’m 12. “Had about four hours sleep … Continue reading
Posted in Cats, Coast, Countryside, Seaside, Watery things
Tagged cats, Fat Lily, humpback whales, Leo, NaBloPoMo, Sir Richard Branson, snorkelling, St Lucia, virgin
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Mainly fair with occasional rain blog – 2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 5,900 views in 2012. If every person who reached the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Blatant Falsehoods, Cats, Coast, Countryside, Current Affairs, Cycling, Dogs, Food, Music, Ridiculous Tosh, Science, Seaside, Watery things
Tagged Cycling, dogs, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, kittens, Orange P7, snorkelling, Trek, Wales
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Wet dream diary
Anse Chastanet. “We have to go there” I remember saying when I was reading about St Lucia and realised this place was a world-class dive site. Anse Chastanet. Say it softly and the sussuration slips off the tongue like a … Continue reading
Posted in Coast, Current Affairs, Science, Seaside, Watery things
Tagged Anse Chastanet, Anse Cochon, Bob Marley, Captain Redbeard Rum, diving, dolphins, One Love, parrotfish, rum punch, snorkelling, St Lucia
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Hot holiday diary 2
Another chunk of roughly-hewn Caribbean diary: “Thin lizard – lime green – on terrace wall this morning. Sun up and Caribbean looking good over there in the distance above the trees and beyond the faux Spanish church. Breakfast was big … Continue reading
Posted in Coast, Countryside, Food, Seaside, Watery things
Tagged angel fish, fish, mongoose, Pigeon Island, snooba, snorkelling, St Lucia, trumpet fish, Windjammer
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The Rare Aegean Sea Pasty and Curious Creatures of the Not-Very-Deep
The guy had been to Sharm el-Sheikh. Red Sea. World-renowed diving site. But he didn’t go diving. So I had to ask why. “I did a bit of snorkelling that’s all. I don’t really like the sea. It’s such an alien … Continue reading
Posted in Coast, Seaside, Watery things
Tagged Aplysia dactylomela, diving, Olu Deniz, sea hare, snorkelling
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Pedal power
You’ll no doubt feel completely indifferent to the news that my pedalo blister has almost gone. Its arrival was unexpected and quite painful. I was just getting over another injury (thrown by wave against coral-covered rock of St Nicholas … Continue reading
Posted in Coast, Cycling, Seaside, Watery things
Tagged Aegean coast, Cycling, Olu Deniz, pedalo, snorkelling, Turkey, turquoise
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