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Stop the world, I want to get off!

Stephen DaleApril 27, 2025
I’m increasingly convinced that the inmates are running this asylum that I find myself in. Politicians (well, one, take a bow Sir Kier Starmer) couldn’t explain until recently what a...
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How the EU Works
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How the EU Works

Stephen DaleJune 10, 2016October 11, 2020
With apologies to the original author, but I don't know the provenance of this piece. All I know is that it conforms to my understanding (and experience) of how the...
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Creating A Travel Guide With WikiPedia
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Creating A Travel Guide With WikiPedia

Stephen DaleApril 3, 2016October 11, 2020
An original version of  this post was published in January 2013, but I thought it was worth updating and re-posting, having just created a travel guide for our forthcoming cruise from...
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Christmas & New Year Cruise 2015/6
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Christmas & New Year Cruise 2015/6

Stephen DaleMarch 20, 2016November 3, 2020
Aboard the Cruise & Maritime ship "Magellan". This was a first experience of being away for Christmas and the New Year. It was an amazing time, taking in the Christmas...
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Queen Mary 2 – a taste of luxury
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Queen Mary 2 – a taste of luxury

Stephen DaleDecember 18, 2015November 3, 2020
Cruise on the QM2, New York To London, 29th October 2015 to 6th November 2015 Lynda (wife) and I made a conscious decision early in our cruising career to opt...
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Bridgetown, Barbados – and farewell to the West Indies!
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Bridgetown, Barbados – and farewell to the West Indies!

Stephen DaleFebruary 7, 2013October 11, 2020

We arrived in Bridgetown, Barbados on Saturday 2nd February. This is our last port of call in the West Indies before starting our homeward leg across the vast Atlantic. After Barbados we can look forward to (!) five days at sea before arriving at …

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Granada, “Spice of the Caribbean”, and spicy gossip!

Stephen DaleFebruary 4, 2013October 10, 2020

Continuing my travelogue of our epic cruise from Tilbury, to the Amazon, the West Indies and the Azores (and ultimately back to Tilbury). I should be writing about our experience in Granada, where we arrived on the morning of Wednesday 30th Januar…

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Iles du Salut, French Guiana (Devil’s Island..and Papillon has gone!)

Stephen DaleJanuary 29, 2013October 10, 2020

We made a brief (half-day) stop at the Iles du Salut on Monday 28th January.The Îles du Salut (in English: Islands of Health, so called because the missionaries went there to escape plague on the mainland) are a group of small islands of volcanic …

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Letter from the Amazon: Santana and Macapá

Stephen DaleJanuary 28, 2013October 10, 2020

From Evernote: Letter from the Amazon: Santana and Macapá This was our last stop on the “Amazon leg” of our cruise. After this we travel to the West Indies, and then home. Macapá is the capital of Amapá region which stretches from the Amazon delta…

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Letter from the Amazon: Alter do Chao, Brazil

Stephen DaleJanuary 27, 2013October 10, 2020

From Evernote: Letter from the Amazon: Alter do Chao, Brazil We arrived at Alto do Chao on Thursday 24th January. The rustic beach community of Alto do Chao lies on the bank of the Tapojas river, upstream from Santaram. It’s a small village with a…

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