16. Geological Survey 1975 – 1980

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Here are a few diary dates: 1975 Feb 27 to 1 March.  Visiting Norway (Stavanger) and Denmark (Copenhagen) re co-operation in North Sea mapping. April 2.  Visit of delegation from Chinese Oceanological Society. July 21.  Paper Board for my replacement as District...

17. Fiji 1982 – 1984

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After I had been retired from IGS (or BGS as it has mercifully now become) for around a year, and we were feeling semi- settled at Whirlow in Ottery St Mary’s West Hill, I was surprised to receive an invitation to take a two-year post-retirement contract in Fiji.  The...

18. The Literary Years

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Ever since my teens I have attached a great deal of importance to writing.  Leaving aside technical work, I have, however, rarely sought to get anything into print, pleading that my interest has been in writing for its own sake, not in suffering the humiliations of...

19. Landfill and Other Diversion

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The adventures to be detailed in the pages which follow may read almost like an attempted history of the companies concerned.  That is not my idea, rather, I am putting forward a resumé of my personal contacts with them.  There may well be errors; there are certainly...

20. This and That

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“Well?” I hear you say, and it is an interesting question.  What is it all about? I intend to approach this broad question with a broad brush, starting from the position that reasoned theories, however tentative, are the only credible basis of knowledge. From this...
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