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TAKING THE HELM INTO BRITAIN’S HISTORY
David Ellis WE’VE a colleague who as a travel writer knows as much about driving a boat as we know about the driving force behind the mating ritual of the Tanzanian Bwango Mango Tsetse Fly. So when he flew off to London with his lady to take a self-drive boat up the Thames, colleagues foregathered […]
TAKING THE HELM INTO BRITAIN’S HISTORY
David Ellis WE’VE a colleague who as a travel writer knows as much about driving a boat as we know about the driving force behind the mating ritual of the Tanzanian Bwango Mango Tsetse Fly. So when he flew off to London with his lady to take a self-drive boat up the Thames, colleagues foregathered […]
TOWERING EFFORT – BRIDGE THAT STOPPED A PRESIDENT
David Ellis WHEN British businessman Sir Chay Blyth decided in 1997 to organise a rowing race across the Atlantic from England to America, he thought he’d publicise it by having some of the participants row up the River Thames to St Katherine’s Dock, including passing under the iconic Tower Bridge. But he didn’t quite expect […]
TOWERING EFFORT – BRIDGE THAT STOPPED A PRESIDENT
David Ellis WHEN British businessman Sir Chay Blyth decided in 1997 to organise a rowing race across the Atlantic from England to America, he thought he’d publicise it by having some of the participants row up the River Thames to St Katherine’s Dock, including passing under the iconic Tower Bridge. But he didn’t quite expect […]
FOR ED AND HELEN, LIFE’S ABOUT BRIDGING OCEANS
David Ellis THERE’s probably nothing too unusual about a bloke deciding that he’s going to celebrate his next big milestone birthday by taking his wife on a world cruise. After all, with the kids grown up and the nest empty, why sit around watching the grass grow? But what is unusual is that the birthday […]
FOR ED AND HELEN, LIFE’S ABOUT BRIDGING OCEANS
David Ellis THERE’s probably nothing too unusual about a bloke deciding that he’s going to celebrate his next big milestone birthday by taking his wife on a world cruise. After all, with the kids grown up and the nest empty, why sit around watching the grass grow? But what is unusual is that the birthday […]
THAMES TOWN – NEW MEANING TO CHINESE TAKEAWAY
David Ellis THAMES Town looks as jolly British as its name implies: walk its streets and you quickly learn the traps of cobblestones, fashion boutiques rub shoulders with a pub that pumps real ale, the houses and villas are classic Georgian and Victorian, the town square sports a statue paying tribute to Sir Winston Churchill, […]
THAMES TOWN – NEW MEANING TO CHINESE TAKEAWAY
David Ellis THAMES Town looks as jolly British as its name implies: walk its streets and you quickly learn the traps of cobblestones, fashion boutiques rub shoulders with a pub that pumps real ale, the houses and villas are classic Georgian and Victorian, the town square sports a statue paying tribute to Sir Winston Churchill, […]
SURVIVING BEAR COUNTRY NOTHING TO GRIZZLE ABOUT
David Ellis “You take the bells, and I’ll take the pepper spray and the rifle,” said John ‘Cowboy’ Caton. “There’s one-point-five bears to every square kilometre out there – you’re in wilderness country now.” We’d accepted Cowboy John’s invitation to what we thought would be a nice leisurely embrace with nature, not grappling grizzlies, in […]
SURVIVING BEAR COUNTRY NOTHING TO GRIZZLE ABOUT
David Ellis “You take the bells, and I’ll take the pepper spray and the rifle,” said John ‘Cowboy’ Caton. “There’s one-point-five bears to every square kilometre out there – you’re in wilderness country now.” We’d accepted Cowboy John’s invitation to what we thought would be a nice leisurely embrace with nature, not grappling grizzlies, in […]
