The Life Aquatic

hey everyone

following the magnificent pictures of Grant enjoying the waters of New Zealand, my Dad decided to dig out some pics of the family enjoying the pleasures of rubber boat action.

whilst i very much appreciate the pictures, i was rather taken aback by the inbox-breaking 6MB picture file my Dad sent through. i will teach him that you can scan one picture at a time one of these days!

anyway, on with the pictures. the first ones, i believe, are of a most splendid camping holiday in Cornwall / Devon, in the UK summer of 1983....





this would be me, Richard, Gillian and Dad on the boat together. sorry, no idea who the captain of the Sea King 2 boat is, but he looks rather excited about being in the picture!!

i can recall the holiday with vivid detail - we went to a class Radio 1 Roadshow, i made audio tapes of some of our favourite kids shows to listen to in the tent, and Come Dancing by The Kinks reigned in the charts - a day was incomplete without hearing it being played at least once on Radio 1's MW station!

a life before all these gadgets, dvd's, mp3's mobile phones and whatever else that seems to have come along and taken over what we do for fun and leisure. maybe i am getting old, but one does really miss those simpler, easier times!!




the above pic looks like me pulling the boat in, with Richard and Gillian sat in it, although i could be mistaken and perhaps it is Richard doing the taxi duties. it looks more like me, mind!





and above is Dad blowing up, or rather inflating, the boat for us all to use. i do not know what happened to this foot pump, but it looks rather smart. i dare say Grant uses something hi-tech and sophisticated to inflate his with!





and finally, what a picture of what my best guess is of being me and my Dad in the boat whilst on holiday in Malta, although there is an outside chance that it is Portugal. i dare say i will receive confirmation or correction soon!!

i do recall Malta very well too - a wonderful place. who knows, perhaps one day we shall be lucky enough to take James to see the place.

many thanks for the great pictures and memories, Dad!!!


be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!