Converted this blog into a Word document in chronological order (is there a simple way of doing that?) in order to more easily review it. H and I have to do a presentation next week on our first impressions, early experiences, comparisons with last job.

Reviewing this blog seemed like the obvious way to get source material and remind myself of what I might want to say.

The snag is that rereading such diarylike entries - especially while I read a book like Voyage East is rather difficult. Richard Woodman's book marvellously captures, in a diary like fashion, what it was like on a cargo ship in the 1960s. Unfortunately, it only makes me realize the inadequacies of my own writing - which seemed to be failing to even capture my interest as I reread it. And there's so much of it. 40 plus pages of Times New Roman in 10-point. Dull dull dull.

I can only apologize to whatever readers are out there. I'm sorry.

I don't know that I can promise to 'do better' and maybe this "does what it says on the tin" and doesn't need to do more. But I can't help feeling disastisfied.