darcythornton:

I could not have parted with you, my Lizzy, to any one less worthy.

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Review: New Donald Crowhurst biopic – The Mercy – YBW:

a-solitary-sea-rover:

If you’re a fan of the original Sunday Time’s Golden Globe Race then The Mercy will not disappoint.

The film follows Donald Crowhurst’s disastrous attempts to win the 1968-69 race in his trimaran, Teignmouth Electron – and doesn’t take too much creative licence with the story.

Crownhurst’s boat was ill-prepared for such the voyage, which claimed his life, and left his wife, Clare, a ‘sea widow” and his children fatherless.

The amateur sailor the press dubbed “the mystery man” never made it past the Southern Atlantic Ocean. Instead, he falsified his logs and reported false positions after realising that his leaking trimaran would never make it through the Southern Ocean.

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The release date for this film keeps getting pushed back, but hopefully it will be worth the wait…

Oh wow. Didn’t realize Colin Firth was doing this. I’m tearing up already.

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galathea-snb:

Rather, my knowing him better improved my opinion of him.
                             Pride and Prejudice (Part 4 of 6)

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michaelnordeman:

Where the garden ends and the forest begins.

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pedromgabriel:

– Lines of symmetry –

by Pedro Gabriel

• Find This print at Society6

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hiimlesphotos:

Baby Plover

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austenchanted:

_{“I wish I could tell you how lonely I am. How cold and harsh it is here. Everywhere there is conflict and unkindness. I think God has forsaken this place. I believe I have seen hell and it’s white, it’s snow-white.”} 

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hurdswood:

_{“I still think there must’ve been a misunderstanding.”}

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austenchanted:

hair and costumes details from Netherfield Park ball in Pride & Prejudice 
(requested by anonymous)

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glowworm6:

Oyster Catcher taken at Flattery Rock, WA.

4 September 2017

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“To dream—to dream has been the business of my life.”

– Edgar Allan Poe, from The Works Of Edgar Allan Poe Vol.2

(via violentwavesofemotion)

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quickthreebeers:

Back to birding! Spent the whole day in search of a turbo-rare Common Greenshank with no luck! However, there was no shortage of very similar native Trigine sandpipers to sort through. So here’s some shaky footage of a Greater Yellowlegs flopping around. (at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge)

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mostlythemarsh:

Kingdoms

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anonsally replied to your photoset “Vestas exits the Med As of October 24, 2017, Vestas 11th Hour Racing…”

ooh! has it started?

It has! They started Sunday in Alicante, Spain, exited from the Mediterranean Monday afternoon/evening, and are now en route to the turning mark just northeast of the island of Madeira, about 700 miles southwest of the Straits of Gibraltar. If all continues according to the plan they’ll finish Leg 1 in Lisbon, Portugal next weekend.

It has been quite exciting so far, and the coverage has been really good. They are posting video from the boats on the official site’s Raw content page, which is something I’ve been particularly whiny about wanting them to do in the past, so good on them.

Pre-race favorites MAPFRE have clawed their way from toward the back up into second place. But the surprise leaders so far have been Vestas 11th Hour, the team led by Charlie Enright and Mark Towill, the two young(ish) Americans who led the Alvimedica team last time. Their main sponsor is Vestas Wind, who sponsored a different group of sailors in the last race. They (Charlie and Mark) have picked up some top sailors for their crew, including Simon Fisher, who was navigator on Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (the overall winner) last time.

Wind has been easterly, meaning they had a quick run out through the Strait of Gibraltar. The wind funneled through there enough to give them gusts of 30 knots yesterday afternoon, which is when those helicopter shots of Vestas were taken. Besides some really good navigation from SiFi, they’ve been sailing aggressively, using a larger sail (the Masthead Code 0) when Akzonobel behind them changed down to a more-conservative Fractional Code 0 to get through the Strait.

Now (Tuesday night) the wind has pretty much died. MAPFRE has positioned themselves well to the north of the rest of the fleet; it will be interesting to see if they can get the new wind first.

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Vestas exits the Med

As of October 24, 2017, Vestas 11th Hour Racing leads the 7-boat fleet on Leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race. [Source]

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