tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post2120979659214546124..comments2024-01-12T00:56:56.199+01:00Comments on The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque: 189. Coming up for air..Pipéradehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-36795074151438191652012-07-09T11:08:04.984+02:002012-07-09T11:08:04.984+02:00Too easy! Those days are long gone..
Think I'd...Too easy! Those days are long gone..<br />Think I'd have a go at shimmying up the mast in preference to running in treacle with an enraged bull breathing all over the back of my neck!Pipéradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-67729781376362136722012-07-09T09:40:24.713+02:002012-07-09T09:40:24.713+02:00Answer de Jour.
Get your Mum to phone and say that...Answer de Jour.<br />Get your Mum to phone and say that you are not coming in today.Lesleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-71732995343683872142012-07-08T13:41:39.579+02:002012-07-08T13:41:39.579+02:00Apparently those sailors had a saying: "One h...Apparently those sailors had a saying: "One hand for the ship and one for yourself"..<br />Climbing up the rigging would be one thing.. leaving the security of the mast and going out on a yard would be another. Letting go to untie a knot or to manhandle a sail would be something else entirely. Especially at night or during a storm - or both! Unimaginable..<br />Wuss? I don't think so..Pipéradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-1576358359644392972012-07-08T09:36:07.831+02:002012-07-08T09:36:07.831+02:00The thought of climbing rigging on one of those sa...The thought of climbing rigging on one of those sailing ships ...awful. Mind you, after watching The Posieden Adventure as a kid I won't 'do' a cruise and a rowing boat on the rough water of your Landes lake could be difficult.<br />Wuss or what?Lesleynoreply@blogger.com