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Category Archives: The Grand Tour

HMS Warrior 1860: Victoria’s Ironclad Deterrent (1987, 2011) by Andrew Lambert

28 Thursday Dec 2017

Posted by John Samuel in Book Reviews, reviews, The Grand Tour

≈ 4 Comments

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Andrew Lambert, books, naval history

HMS Warrior 1860: Victoria’s Ironclad Deterrent* by Andrew Lambert** is an impressive history both of the first iron hulled seagoing warship HMS Warrior, and of her restoration from little more than a hulk.

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Looking Back At The Grand Tour

28 Tuesday Nov 2017

Posted by John Samuel in The Grand Tour

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Beijing, Berlin, Bovington, Canberra, Chatham, Hakone, Hiroshima, Hong Kong, Irkutsk, Kamakura, Kyoto, Listvyanka, London, Miyajima, Moscow, Normandy, Paris, Portsmouth, St. Petersburg, Studio Ghibli, Sydney, Tilbury Fort, Tokyo, Ulaanbaatar, Yekaterinburg

This post will be an index for my Grand Tour posts, and will be updated as I curate each day’s photos. Check back every so often to see which posts have been updated. Continue reading →

The Grand Tour – Day 60 – 18/11/2017 – Hong Kong to Canberra via Sydney

19 Sunday Nov 2017

Posted by John Samuel in The Grand Tour

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Canberra, Hong Kong, Sydney

And so it ends. Continue reading →

Grand Tour Side Note 9 – The Perfect Shower

19 Sunday Nov 2017

Posted by John Samuel in Tech Reviews, The Grand Tour

≈ 7 Comments

One of the side effects of a tour as long as this one is sampling a lot of showers. What lessons did I learn from this?

What would my perfect shower look like? Continue reading →

The Grand Tour – Day 59 – 17/11/2017 – London to Sydney via Hong Kong

18 Saturday Nov 2017

Posted by John Samuel in The Grand Tour

≈ 7 Comments

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Hong Kong, London, Sydney

A brief transition in Hong Kong airport before going on to the next leg. Continue reading →

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