Grey Funnel Line - kevlaw

Show me the way to go home

kevlaw — Fri, 01 Mar 1985 00:00:00 GMT

Was s'posed to go to Antigua, but trip was cancelled.

Bobbing along, bobbing along

kevlaw — Thu, 11 Oct 1984 00:00:00 GMT

Was actually Ascension Island (but that's not on the map).

Have you ever seen shitfish? Like piranhas but not nearly so cuddly. And hungrier.

Received my Crossing the Line certificate from King Neptune himself.

Home again Home again Jiggety-jig

kevlaw — Fri, 22 Mar 1985 00:00:00 GMT

Home at last

O Say can you see?

kevlaw — Sun, 10 Mar 1985 00:00:00 GMT

Disneyland. Beach. Grippa'd for the first time.

Alone on a wide wide sea

kevlaw — Fri, 01 Feb 1985 00:00:00 GMT

More sheep. More penguins.

Spent a lot of time sitting inside a 30mm Oerliken. A lot more studying for a Math A level.

Was ship Cribbage Champion.

P..P..P..Pick up a penguin

kevlaw — Sat, 12 Jan 1985 00:00:00 GMT

Narrowly escaped being savaged by fur seals, dive-bombed by skuas, drowned in elephant seal saliva and fluffed by baby king penguins

South Georgia was voted Most Beautiful Place in the World, January 1985.

No more heroes anymore

kevlaw — Tue, 01 Jan 1985 00:00:00 GMT

Paid my respects at the grave of Sir Earnest Shackleton, Adventurer. Hero.

We're going to a party way down south

kevlaw — Thu, 15 Nov 1984 00:00:00 GMT

Banned from all four pubs in Port Stanley. Didn't step on any landmines. Savaged by neither sheep nor penguin.

Trivia: My Dad wanted to move to the Falklands in 1981. My mum said no. They got divorced soon after.

I am a Rock

kevlaw — Mon, 01 Oct 1984 00:00:00 GMT

My first run in with a Barbary Ape.

We are Sailing!

kevlaw — Sat, 01 Sep 1984 00:00:00 GMT

Took two attempts to get going. First attempt was aborted when we hit and sunk the famous Shambles Buoy off Portland Bill.

Here! I'm off to sunny Spain!

kevlaw — Tue, 07 Aug 1984 00:00:00 GMT

Took the ship for a long weekend in the Basque Country.

Had my first cappucino. My first olive. First time I was rescued from a windsurfer (no wind - current took me away). First time I even fell asleep in a night club because I had not slept for three days.

Wonderful time.

All Aboard!

kevlaw — Thu, 05 Jul 1984 00:00:00 GMT

Joined HMS Southampton as an 18yr old Weapon Engineering Artificer (Apprentice)