The depiction of the embodiment of Scilly as seen at the base of the stairs down from the bar on the upper deck of RMV Scillonian III. (It is worth clicking on this Autostitch rendering of a painting on board the Scillonian to see it on a larger scale)
Now I remember having a pint of ale and a bacon sandwich whilst travelling back in a force 9 gale to Penzance on the Scillonian.... the others were feeling under the weather :!: read# read# read#
No, in a force 9 gale, I think a bacon sandwich would have been too much for even me and I reckon the pint of ale might have become half a pint without a drop passing the lips! I do remember a lady bar steward being sick on a choppy, early season crossing once!
It was awesome the windows were mostly below the water line. I remember pointing this out to a couple of very white elderly folk who, I remember, didn t thank me for my observations read# read# read#
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