by David West | Aug 27, 2022 | News
The Dartmouth Royal Regatta has finished, and what a party it’s been. It wasn’t all yacht racing. We’ve also had beer barrel rolling races, and races carrying trays of glasses of beer. The scoring system took account of both speed, and how much beer remained in the...
by David West | Aug 26, 2022 | News
We’re in Dartmouth for the Royal Regatta. We took a stroll down to Dartmouth Castle today, to get a view of the racing. It was an overcast day, with the cloud base obscuring the trees on the valley side. we did see some racing, but the visibility wasn’t great. A...
by David West | Aug 24, 2022 | News
I want to probe beyond I write because I enjoy it. I’ve enjoyed a rewarding career in engineering. The “motto” of the Institution of Civil Engineers is “directing the great forces of nature for the betterment of mankind.” Well, I hope I’ve done my fair bit of that....
by David West | Aug 22, 2022 | News
I will get around to reviews, bear with me. I was playing golf on Saturday with my college golf society. After the game we returned to Oxford, had a few drinks in the Teddy Hall front quad, then headed off to Vincent’s for dinner. On the way, one of our number asked...
by David West | Aug 20, 2022 | News
In my most recent zoom meeting with my publicist Brian, he encouraged me to arrange talks and book signings with bookstores. I told him I wasn’t sure that would work, as I am solely published via KDP. It seems that bookstores like Waterstones are offering my book on...
by David West | Aug 18, 2022 | News
In my last post I described moving our boat to her new home on the River Dart. Agatha Christie’s home Greenway is on the River Dart. It’s a National Trust property, well worth a visit. It has been a setting in some of the TV adaptations of her novels. Christie was...
