11. East Africa and Ethiopia 1945 – 1946

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In my letters I referred only briefly to the journey back from Diego to Mombasa on Wednesday 7th March.  It was again by BOAC flying boat.  This was a plane which flew fairly low, and the part of the trip I found interesting was that up the East African coast – “Vast...

12. Réunion and Related Matters

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Réunion is a tropical volcanic island at the southern end of the Mascarene Ridge in the Indian Ocean.  Slightly larger than neighbouring Mauritius, 100miles farther east, it is oval in shape and around 30 miles from NE to SW, 45 miles from NW to SE.  The island is...

13. Life as a Field Geologist

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The formative reason behind my decision to study geology at university was my determination to go for a career as far as possible in the open air, a determination nurtured by natural history interests during my later school years and reinforced by my army experience...

14. The Offshore Years

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Prelude I like to think my offshore interests lasted most of my life, but it is true to say that owing to force of circumstances my really active activities in marine matters peaked in the two decades spanning the late 1960’s to early 1980’s.  I grew up,...

15. Overseas 1974 – 1976

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Although we had quite frequent holiday visits to France and Spain during post-war years I had very limited overseas professional contact.  There were visits to meetings of the International Carboniferous Congress in Aachen and Paris and one brief visit to the Ruhr...
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