Nearly 10 Weeks ago I posted my first entry in a blog, and told the world of Word readers about keeping sane when sailing about on a ship.

Well I've done it again, 5 weeks of work done, and 5 weeks of leave ahead of me. Sounds like a nice deal does it? My wife gets more work our of me than the company ever does. Some oil rigs just north of Darwin, Aus', have been kept in food, water, ice cream, and all manner of other complicated odds and ends, courtesy of the good ship Lady Melinda.

This time I braved the merciless baggage handling systems of Qantas and brought my guitar with me. It's an old, cheap, and certainly nothing to be proud of Squire Strat, for those that know these things. With a neat little headphone amp to keep my shipmates from making me walk the plank.

I am no virtuoso. And that is not some mis-placed modesty, I am actually quite crap. I can remember chords, that I will admit, but the order in which they are played? Beats me! So I'll strum along to the tab or chord patterns if they are written down. Thank goodness for sites that spread them around, mostly www.Chordie.com and www.Ultimate-Guitar.com.

There are a couple of other guys on the ship who play too, and who knows, sometime we may even form a band. But what to call ourselves? Suggestions in a reply? Here a picture of home from home.....