Brize Norton

Hollinsclough - Is the World Round?
Wed 25 Aug 2010 15:26
Brize Norton
 
First English soil in the travel of half the World. Family together all ashore courtesy of the military Air Bridge flight form Ascension Island.
 
Chums waiting, a very special reunion with our English logistics and radio watch, it was big hugs for Roy Dunning and his wife Jen, a job of rescue communications well done that helped save our lives from the Ice berg collision of the Souuthern Ocean.
 
The three items we no doubt owe our lives too.
 
Luck of God to find a Warship in range of our distress. HMS Clyde a fantastic team.
The solid build of our yacht Hollinsclough an English Oyster, floated for 36 hours afeter ice berg growler impact tore up her starboard side.
The modern communications systems of satelite comms and the mailasail data network that kept the whole team of suport on line in our darkest hours.
 
 
Brize Norton arrivals buiding 51 45 25 N  1 34 36 W
 
Back in Blighty to chill in an English summer.
 
Time to swop from ocean to land for some tourism fun in a camper van from Brownhills in Newark, we affectionatley called him Mr Whippy.