Missing My Mates
Hugh Bowring blog: 5.45pm. Sitting on the sofa at home in Sussex, feeling so far removed from all the action over there in Cape Town. Despite regular contact with the guys on the ship, being part of the operations team in England can feel poles apart from the rest of the crew at times. Am I sad? Lonely? Bored? No, not really. Jealous? Now that’s probably getting closer to the mark. Helping t…
The Calm Before the Storm: with Spencer Smirl
Cape Town is amazing. Beautiful scenery and fantastic weather, it is a much needed bit of holiday sun before we plunge head first into the deep freeze. It has been above 25 degrees here every day. As usual, I have managed to get sunburn straight away. Ian and I went out surfing a couple days back. Absolutely ruined my arms. I can’t remember ever swimming that hard. There was no pause in t…
