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One night I wrote in my log, ‘I feel very happy again tonight. I have not enjoyed myself so much since I was preparing to fly out alone to …
It was not till 7 May that the yard finished and installed the vane. I crossed the bar at the entrance to the Beaulieu River, headed the yacht across …
When it was too dark to look for the dinghy any longer I tried to make Gipsy Moth sail herself so that I could have some sleep. She pigheadedly …
We climb to 25,000 ft and it gets progressively colder. I put on my gloves, then my hat, then cover my knees with my parka coat. Steve comes over …
I am in fact up at 3.30 a.m. and phone through to make certain Ian is also ready on time. I have some tea in the lobby and am …
‘I want an interview. I will pay you for it as a patient.’ ‘Very well, then.’ I imagine that the surgeon was intrigued to know what sort of a …
First she wanted me to have a totally separate examination by a lung specialist of great reputation. He said that it was the worst case of neglect he had …
‘I think it’s already too late to operate. I took this to mean that the cancer was straddling both lungs. Your only possible hope is to remove one lung …