Your roving reporter mondobongo

[alecstilleyedye]

i thought it was napoleon…

 

[mondobongo]

alecstilleyedye.

LOTT,Dave pics have now gone off to pictures ed at the Mirror and Express.

 

[Dave5N]

I hear the Captain was a Captain Smith. Wasn't the Titanic captained by a Smith? Perhaps not a good seafaring name, like the English throne has had bad luck with Johns....

Yes, but King John was not a good man.

 

[Dave5N]

alecstilleyedye.

LOTT,Dave pics have now gone off to pictures ed at the Mirror and Express.

Good luck. Tell them if they print them we'll all buy a copy* - they can just sit back and watch their sales mushroom.




*except for the Express, obviously.

 

[Noodley]

The cyclists in your original link are a bit insensitive are they not? Celebrating with champagne as the ship flounders...

 

[Haitch]

Are you also in pix 2 and 6 here?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7222035.stm

 

[mondobongo]

No not me or mine Alan.

 

[Haitch]

I thought they lacked a certain je ne sais quoits.

 

[goo_mason]

I take it you're a Marillion fan (based on your Flickr name), mondobongo ?

 

[Arch]

Yes, but King John was not a good man.

And then there was that poor Prince John who had epilepsy and was hidden away, and died young. I think they've stopped using the name since...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_John_of_the_United_Kingdom

 

[longers]

Hey Mr Bongo. Have you been beach combing today?

Maybe you should.

Great photo's by the way.

 

[mondobongo]

No been in work all day, hope something more interesting than biccies wash up though. There is a fairly big exclusion zone set up now according to local radio.

 

[Pete]

This brings back vivid memories for me of the beaching of the Athena B in very similar circumstances at Brighton back in 1980. I was living in Hove at the time and I too dashed out to the beach - right next to the pier - as soon as I heard the news. Nothing much for us beachcombers on that occasion, though, the ship was laden solely with pumice IIRC. The anchor was salvaged and later planted on the promenade as a sort of monument: still there I believe. I may have some piccies of my own which I can salvage and scan in, I'll have a look...

 

[Dayvo]

And then there was that poor Prince John who had epilepsy and was hidden away, and died young. I think they've stopped using the name since...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_John_of_the_United_Kingdom

Is it just me, but does anyone else think that Prince John looks like how a young Adolf Hitler might have looked?

 

[Arch]

If anyone wants to waste a bit of time (in my case, it could go on for days!) here's a site that monitors shipping. This is the Fleetwood page:

http://www.shipais.com/currentmap.php?map=Fleetwood

Hover the mouse over to get details of speed, destination, type.. She's 'moored' apparently..

Much more to see though, if you select the English Channel or some other area of your own preference. Just so many different sorts of ships!