Atlantic
Hull City Football Club have two mascots. That's Roary on the left and Amber on the right. Recently, they have not been bringing much luck to my favoured team but under our new Spanish manager, Rubén Sellés, things seem to be taking a turn for the better. Today we beat Blackburn Rovers by one goal to nil at Ewood Park. Now I am rather more hopeful that we can stay up in the English Championship which is effectively the second tier of English football. I am writing this from the deck of "The Jolly Roger". The entire world seems watery from this perspective. No more blue whales and no more albatrosses either. Just an endless ocean and Tristan da Cunha another two days away. I easily beat Bruce Taylor in an arm wrestling match this morning and then took on Keith Kline in a best of three bout. I am mortified to admit that Keith came out on top. He is one tough geezer. Plenty of time for reflection on this little ship. I checked ...