I knew that leaving the Police was going to be a huge wrench and as the thirty year mark loomed I realised that without a specific project in place I was likely to be continually finding excuses to stay. The opportunity to sail all four corners of the Atlantic on the Bark Europa provided such a vehicle and as I confirmed the booking I knew the clock was ticking towards ending my Police career. However it is one thing to sign a few forms and hand over a deposit,...

Well we have arrived in Cape Town safe and well, comfortable flight but not a patch on Sri Lankan Airlines who Sarah and I had flown with the previous week.. The food was pretty poor and the trolly dollys were a little surly. South African Airlines would not be my first choice should I ever come down this way again, they have a little way to go to match the asian and middle eastern airlines who seem to take customer service to a higher level. Anyway my magic tabl...

THE MALDIVES I suppose that the notion of paradise is a matter of opinion, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that, but if there are places in the world that fall within the majority's perception of heaven on earth then the Maldives will be a very strong candidate. If I subscribed to the twice weekly lambs to the slaughter, formally known as the lottery, I would no doubt be standing in the queue dreaming of such a place, lost for a few minutes in an ai...