Bessie Ellen

Bessie Ellen
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The beautiful Bessie Ellen as a contrast.
what a lovely ship!

Aliens Come Through

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The job on the boat pictured, working for Aliens in Gamma section 4 has off.
Warp factor has been achieved by travelling via Portugal. They eat lots of sardines there dont they?
So this time last year I was packing a bag to sail away on Bessie Ellen and this year something entirely different!
The Aliens are giving me a 1 month trial anyway. I am off to Florida next week. I hope..

Bump! and roast pork

Reporting from my space ship today. Beep Beep Beep. Brrb Brrb, Beep, La LA La Bing! Also known as Flat 4 in Junction road the Space Capsule has landed with a small... Bunp!

Back here on planet earth. Gosh its raining outside and windy too... Its probably raining because I paid my direct debit to Southern Water. I know they have been after some rain and also some of my money. It must be Christmas and birthday all at once for them this week.

What an amazing space mission! I was at the Opera you know. Yep. With my good friend Paul (also known as Bloke) from Essex. Something I remember about a 1st Violinist called Lina. She was from Madrid..Also been in a coffee shop in Hove to meet a friend called Orson (Its all true) Had a brief chat with a concert pianist called Sharon there. That reminds me. Did I mention that I don't care much for guys called Duncan?

Also whilst out in Space. Someone offered me a job. They did!! Told me I was going to earn 3 gallactic sheckles a month! The boat even had a helicopter on it and a jacuzzi. Must have been a crazy alien type Who would let a regular earthling work on one of those anyway!
It turned out that it was going to take me too long to get to Gamma Sector 4.in time for the job. The embassy in question refused to let me use my maximum Warp Factor. Must have been something Gordon Brown said to reduce harmful emissions.(Talking of which, my mate Dai will tell you about some of those!)

All is not lost and talks are being held to reinstate Warp Factor useage, which means that I might yet get the Aliens job. Plus there is such a thing as charcoal pant pads (wings optional) for other harmful emissions hinted at, above. There are tax benefits.... Ask Gordon Brown about those. About the pads. My mate Dai swears by them..

Back here on earth I saw a funky Latin band on Friday evening and have stayed in the safe environment of my space capsule ever since. Leaving only to have a coffee in town and to move some paving slabs for a fellow earthling. Its nice hear on Earth.

I actually like working for a charity and my capsule is pleasing to me. I have climbed my ladder many times since landing. Baked some bread and ate roast pork. Yummy.

Watch this space for. I also build sheds..

Don't feed this man toast

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If you see this man. Don't feed him toast! keep him away from women and let the authorities know of his where abouts. Whatever you do don't mention Duncan.

sails

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"Sails, Sails, Sails, Boy do we have sails." Irving Johnson 1921

Nelly

Nelly
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Apart from the sails she is a little ugly but this is my homew for 8 moths of the year!! There is a good spirit about her..

o yeh baby

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silly hats at captain cocktails party.

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They buried some sardines and burnt nun

Good god.. What ever next. Any excuse to party if you ask me!
A Fiesta in the square to celebrate the burying of the sadrdine!and what has burning a nun got to do with it all? Slightly mad I think!!

Anyway me and some of the folks from the ship decided that it was worth a look. As always out here, nothing starts till midnight and continues until the sun rises, there is always lots of people and lots and lots of latin dancing.

Dinner, bed till midnight, glad rags on and off to the square. The crowd seemed to go wild with excitement when we arrived...... We were just in time to see some giant fish get put in a hole. then the music and we were off. Dancing all night long.
Was fantastic!!