In my last posting I promised photographs of the public areas inside the Ruby Princess. This our cabin, on first impressions we thought it was smaller than similar Princess ships cabins. On a positive note it had plenty of storage space, a standard bathroom, which included the shower, which was one of the best that I’ve […]
Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship The quote is from The Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and the ship is Ruby Princess. When I took the photograph, Ruby Princess was at anchor off Dravuni Island, Fiji. Launched in 2008, registered in the […]
My new ship MV Juna, launched in 1951, 7583 gt, and built for Federal Steam Navigation Co. under the name of MV Cornwall. She was prone to engine trouble and had been in Sydney for extensive repairs after which she was transferred to British India Steam Navigation Co and renamed MV Juna in August of 1967. I […]
My wife & I currently live in Australia. We have five grandchildren (three boys & two girls). I have always been interested in travel, writing, reading and anything that simulates the mind. My only disinterest is sport, even though I travelled all over the UK playing rugby. I once told a teacher that ‘I’ll never […]