Surface pressure synoptic charts and swell charts by email

Synoptic charts and wave swell charts for the Atlantic and UK can be obtained by email

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The Apprentice…

The latest series of The Apprentice on BBC1 is truly cringe-worthy, not so much the “job interview from hell” as the “numpties gathering from hell”

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Does salt run deep in Hollamby blood?

I saw this reference once before, then promptly lost it. But it seems one William Hollamby served on the Discovery for Captain Cook’s third voyage in 1776.

He had many adventures on other ships after that and, thanks to a series of bloody encounters, rose through the ranks to eventually make master and commander.

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Die Fledermaus 23-27 September 2008

Reading Operatic Society’s Die Fledermaus is next on my theatre lighting schedule

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Motor boating at the Olympics

Olympic exploits on the water 100 years ago belonged to the powerboat brigade

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Container ship feeling the force

Ship visibly bending in heavy weather

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Time to say goodbye…and hello

Kim Hollamby is moving from IPC Media to Hebron UK Ltd

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