In 1970 I made a four month voyage
through the inland waterways of Ireland aboard a twenty-one foot sloop called Jessica. My wife Norma and our three
year daughter Diana were respectively, first mate and crew. The book that I
wrote about our travels was shelved and all but forgotten about when we set
sail for the Caribbean.
The manuscript, along with
hundreds of photographs, have spent the intervening years sealed in one of
those old fashioned square biscuit tins.
As such they have twice crossed the Atlantic and weathered their fair
share of hurricanes. Amazingly, they have survived intact and the contents are now
a veritable historical document.
Recently I began revising the
manuscript and converting the photographs to digital images.
As a foretaste,
here is a picture of me with a paint box that is still in daily use. But alas, almost
fifty years on, my head of hair has somewhat diminished.
Here is my first mate Norma,
affectionately known as Nobs, studying
“where next” on the map.
And finally, our daughter
Diana, now a Chartered Accountant and grandmother!
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