I experienced the following while travelling with my partner, Captain S M Ross, whose ship MV Snow Delta was carrying fruit from South Africa to Europe, fruit many readers will be used to eating, without knowing its back story or one of them. When they dragged him out read more

The building we now know as Lismore Parish Church was once the Cathedral Church of St Moluag. It was built by the MacDougalls sometime in the 13th century, although evidence of exact dates is not easy to find. It was dedicated to St Moluag who read more

The following describes my experience of travelling with my partner, Captain S M Ross, whose job was to carry food and goods worldwide as a member of the British Merchant Navy. Then, in the 1990s, Mrs Thatcher encouraged British shipowners to get rid of the expensive British, acquire read more