0251 - RMS Stirling Castle (25,534 tons). March 1960.
Great 13 days cruise from Southampton to Capetown.
Beats the Grey Funnel Line hands down. Royal Navy warships to you.
0252 - Mr. & Mrs. Neptune. RMS Stirling Castle. Equator, Atlantic. March 1960.
Ooer! Here comes trouble. King Nep doesn't look very happy.
His missus looks a bit of a dog too. No wonder he looks unhappy.
0253 - Neptune's Court. RMS Stirling Castle. Equator, Atlantic. March 1960.
The first victim to be daubed in tomato ketchup and flour
and then chucked in the bear's pool to be dealt with by the pool bears.
0254 - Bear's Pool. RMS Stirling Castle. Equator, Atlantic. March 1960.
Don't know what she did as she was just walking past. King Neptune must have had a real sad on.
The swimming pool was nothing more than a sunken cargo hatch filled with water about 30 feet square and about 4 feet deep.
0255 - Chucked in without ceremony. RMS Stirling Castle. Equator, Atlantic. March 1960.
No respect for the Queens uniform. Or the person inside it - Me! I had loads of offers to wash it for me afterwards - from many of
the female passengers. One even wanted to take it off me.
0256 - In The Pool. RMS Stirling Castle. Equator, Atlantic. March 1960.
Ah! Air at last.
I survived!
0257 - Crossing the line certificate from RMV Stirling Castle. 18th March 1960.
For dedication above and beyond the call of duty I was awarded this.
I also got a CDM - and a rum and coke - and a brandy and dry.
0258 - Madiera. March 1960.
What can you say about Madiera? It's one of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic.
Had an afternoon stopover.
0259 - Table Mountain & Devil's Peak. Cape Province, South Africa. April 1960.
Now that's what you call a sunset.
No it's not an oil field, just the masts for the transmitting aerials.
0260 - Living Quarters. Cape East, South Africa. April 1960.
We had a full size snooker table, table tennis table, a 35 mm projector for films, a bar - of course where horse's necks
went down far too often. It was pretty primitive really by today's standards.
0261 - Bruce, Station dog at Cape East, Capetown, South Africa. 1960.
Stuck his snout down a hole and the resident, a rather large porcupine, didn't like it.
He came out yelping with three 6" quills through his snout. We had to get the vet to put Bruce to sleep whilst he pulled them out.
0262* - Springbok. Cape East, South Africa. April 1960.
This springbok had a fight with Walley's car and lost. Lost a horn too.
We sent for a vet and he said the animal had broken its back.
0263* - Springbok. Cape East, South Africa. April 1960.
The vet put her down to prevent further suffering.
The Kleenex are under your seats.
0264 - The Bush. Cape East, South Africa. October 1960.
This was ripe for catching fire accidentally.
So we set about making a controlled bush fire to keep things manageable.
0265 - Bush Fire. Cape East, South Africa. October 1960.
Good start and it only took one match.
Very little wind so we should be OK.
0266 - Bush Fire & Bill Ashton. Cape East, South Africa. October 1960.
Bill Ashton had his own little patch.
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0267 - Bush Fire & Me. Cape East, South Africa. October 1960.
That's my patch.
Got going nicely didn't it?.
0268 - Bush Fire. Cape East, South Africa. October 1960.
Now where did that wind spring from?
It didn't the fire creates its own wind.
0269 - Bush Fire. Cape East, South Africa. October 1960.
It was round about this point that it looked as if things were getting out of hand.
So the Chief lit a fire break - behind us!
0270 - Bush Fire. Cape East, South Africa. October 1960.
We had the bush fire in front and a smaller fire behind
and choking smoke in the middle.
0271 - After The Bush Fire. Cape East, South Africa. October 1960.
Not a lot left really.
But in three months it was all as green as ever.
0272 - Transmitting Station. Cape East, South Africa. November 1960.
That red blob in front of the building is my Vespa scooter.
It wasn't really mine but it was me who got it going so I used it the most.
0273 - Control Desk. Transmitting Station. Cape East, South Africa. November 1960.
The hours that I spent on that chair!
That's a B41 receiver on the left and a B40 receiver on the right.
0274 - Gardens Hot House. Capetown, South Africa. November 1960.
Fancy an orchid.
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0275 - Squirrel. Gardens. Capetown, South Africa. November 1960.
I guess that I enlarged this just a bit too much.
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0276 - Trixie. 22a Forest Road, Oranjezicht, Capetown, South Africa. December 1960.
The aaah! factor.
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0277 - Peacock. Capetown Zoo, South Africa. December 1960.
If your neighbour's peacock laid an egg in your garden, who's egg would it be?
No one's! Peacocks don't lay eggs. Peahens do.
0278 - Ostrich. Capetown Zoo, South Africa. December 1960.
Now! Where's Bernie Clint?
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0279 - Lynx? Capetown Zoo, South Africa. December 1960.
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0280 - Aerial view of Kalk Bay and St. James, Cape Province, South Africa. January 1961.
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0281 - Table Mountain from Table Bay, Cape Province, South Africa. January 1961.
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0282 - Groot Constantia in Cape Province, South Africa. January 1961.
For all you none Afrikaans speaking viewers Groot is pronounced Hroot.
A bit like clearing your throat.
0283 - Aerial view of Kommetjie coastline. Cape Province, South Africa. January 1961.
Nice sandy beaches.
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0284 - Simons Bay. Cape Province. South Africa. January 1961.
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0285 - Lion's Head & Robben Island from upper Cableway Station, Table Mountain. South Africa. Jan 1961.
I have stood in that exact same spot where that couple are.
It's one hell of a way straight down. I feel giddy just thinking about it.
0286 - Lion's Head and Campus Bay from Oude Krall. Cape Province, South Africa. January 1961.
Nice drive.
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0287 - Cape Point. Cape Province, South Africa. January 1961.
Atlantic ocean on the left. Indian ocean on the right.
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