john_morris_uk
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Sadly it more like motoring through the straights. It’s almost flat calm as we approach Tarifa.Certainly a special day for sailing through the Straits.
Cadiz conundrum
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capnsensible
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Downwind end of The Straits is always windier.
The sights are....awesome though!
The sights are....awesome though!
dunedin
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Do we celebrate the Roman invasion of Britain? Or the Norman Conquest?
Presumably we have a nice monument at Chatham to celebrate the rout of the British navy in the 1667 Dutch raid right into our harbours?
capnsensible
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capnsensible
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One of the great sights when sailing is to round Tarifa and get vie view of the Pillars of Hercules.
Jebel Tarik to the North, Jebel Musa to the south. Jebel is Arabic for hill or mountain.
Tarikwas the Berners-Lee Prince who conquered southern Spain and Musa is Arabic for Moses.
There is a monument to this on the south tip of Gibraltar....
Jebel Tarik to the North, Jebel Musa to the south. Jebel is Arabic for hill or mountain.
Tarikwas the Berners-Lee Prince who conquered southern Spain and Musa is Arabic for Moses.
There is a monument to this on the south tip of Gibraltar....
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Hope that @john_morris_uk takes a few photos of this and then posts them for the benefit of those of us who are landlocked
capnsensible
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mjcoon
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This reminds me of a completely non-boaty event. I was responsible for booking some European business visitors into local accommodation for a meeting. In all innocence I put the French contingent in the Waterloo Hotel. They noticed, though!
john_morris_uk
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A large rock has come into sight.
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Roberto
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A bit like during the '94 Eurostar grand opening, when then President Mitterrand thanked Queen Elizabeth for the gentle historical reminder in having chosen the train to arrive at Waterloo station
AntarcticPilot
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It's a bit tricky when major locations in your capital city are named after victories! And after all, The Arc de Triomphe in Paris catalogues French victories, including some against the British or their allies. The stand-out one is the battle of Grand Port, a major British naval defeat in the Napoleonic Wars. But an awful lot of them were battles against British allies in the French Revolutionary wars or the Napoleonic wars.A bit like during the '94 Eurostar grand opening, when then President Mitterrand thanked Queen Elizabeth for the gentle historical reminder in having chosen the train to arrive at Waterloo station
Beneteau381
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We did our day skipper there. It was a magic momen t years later as we arrived in our own boat
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Frogmogman
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Thread drift warning.
Adnams Broadside was first brewed in 1972 to mark the tercentenary of the Battle of Sole Bay, fought off Southwold between the Dutch and an Anglo French fleet under the command of the Duke of York. It was a one all draw after extra time.
The Duke of York went on to become James II, ousted by the Glorious Revolution of 1688. James ended up in exile in Saint Germain en Laye until his death in 1701. Louis XIV being his 1st cousin, with a spare palace (as he had moved into Versailles), lent James the Chateau de St Germain en Laye. During his time here, the Jacobite court swelled the population of the town from 8000 to 12000, including many wild geese, who had left Ireland following the 1690 Battle of the Boyne.
My pub is in St Germain en Laye. One of my former bar managers, a French guy called O’Mahoney once showed me the commission of his ancestor Colonel O’Mahoney into the French army, signed by Louis XIV.
Anyhoo, the Broadside last night was delicious.
Bajansailor
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And it is a very fine and popular drinking (and eating) establishment!
The Bitter End, pub anglais à Saint-Germain-en-Laye
ashtead
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Well a very pleasant lunch today near the Fish market in Cadiz and prices quite reasonable and amazingly fast service for Spain. To visit the cathedral one needs to be armed with a pot of gold or28€ to be precise but for that lots of silver to see and a lovely crypt. Best feature is a the toilet facilities also provided but with a sign saying in English priority for cathedral staff but none disturbed me in my ablutions. Car parking in an underground car park wasn’t unreasonable for a city at8.75€ for about 5 hours I guess. Driving into the city reminded me of entry into Miami for some reason . Only real downside was quite a few Costa Concordia types around but pleased to have made the trip.
