On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:07:20 +0100, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>>
>> >First, let's get this straight: if you cross the
>> >Atlantic by sea, it's a CROSSING, not a CRUISE.
>>
>> Oh yes! I probably represent the last generation ever to emigrate to
>> America by ship. We came over on the Queen Elizabeth I in 1967. It
>> was, I believe, the next-to-last crossing the ship made before
> Cunard
>> Lines ended transatlantic service. Quite an adventure for a
>> 6-year-old!
>>
>
> I can beat that. I took my first baby steps aboard the Strathnaver
> coming to England from Australia in 1958. Got a photograph of it
> somewhere, me heading straight for the rails.
>
> By the time I was 1 I'd already visited about 10 countries and
> travelled half way round the world.
>
> Bob ("Sea Legs") Pugwash
>
>
>



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