Where it all began: Fraserburgh

Where it all began: Fraserburgh

by | Oct 8, 2018 | Thoughts

The story of ‘John Ross and me’ started with a tenuous link to the town of Fraserburgh lying out on the exposed north-east ‘shoulder’ of Scotland. It was a place I knew little about, other than it usually had a pretty brisk wind blowing in off the North Sea! At that...
John Ross and Me

John Ross and Me

by | Oct 8, 2018 | Thoughts

If this old saying is even half-true, then in the case of ‘John Ross’ and me, I would be truly honoured to think so. The Sioux, Navajo or Apache ‘medicine men’ were no slouches when it came to understanding that the visible world is not all there is; the unseen is...
Love wildlife? Then Operation Noah will blow your mind

Love wildlife? Then Operation Noah will blow your mind

by | Sep 6, 2018 | Thoughts

The longest and most extraordinary story of wildlife rescue in history On the left you will see a coiled serpent looming over the dam with its fangs bared, ready to strike. This is Nyaminyami, the river god of the great Zambezi. According to legend, he became very...
Man Overboard

Man Overboard

by | Sep 6, 2018 | Thoughts

Falling overboard from a ship is bad news – and probably fatal, if no one notices. In the 1800’s it would most certainly be the end, even if you were seen going overboard. Falling from the yards or the rigging could mean a drop of anything from twenty to sixty feet,...