From 30,000 feet – Ink and Watercolour
Notes from my travel journal (we cross the Atlantic on our way to the USA)
Thursday 29th September 2011 (4.20pm)
We have just crossed the Atlantic Ocean. This is the first time anyone from my generation on my side of the family has done this and it the first time for both Margaret and me. Ewan and Andrew, of course, have been to NYC before. Thinking about my father who saw service in WW2 on minesweepers and convoy duty in The Royal Navy. During this time he travelled a lot up and down the west coast of Africa and in the Mediterranean Sea. He was only earmarked for one Atlantic convoy, in 1940, but this was postponed when the Bismark got loose. Quite a strange feeling to recall this and feeling quite emotional. Maybe this has stirred the emotions – or maybe I’m tired. I have been up for around 10 hours.
The cloud has become wispy and its possible to get glimpses of Newfoundland and Labrador. Very remote looking and so vast. We begin to experience more turbulence as we cross land and turn southwards over Canada.
Nikira 12:11 pm on January 28, 2012 | #
Like your clouds and your thoughts. Really feels you are looking from the plane.
Uncle Bob 2:38 am on January 29, 2012 | #
Thank you Nikira. It made a real impression on me. I spent a lot of time, during the flight, making small sketches of the views, both inside and outside of the plane, so I could make larger paintings later. This was my favourite
Anita 10:38 pm on February 10, 2012 | #
Good job on this and congrats on making the crossing. It’s great that you’ll always have the paintings and sketches to remember the occasion by.
Uncle Bob 1:54 am on February 11, 2012 | #
Thank you Anita. Yes, lots of stuff to augment the memories. I also took around 700 photographs, and some videos, on the whole trip and see something new every time I look back on them.
Anita 2:19 pm on February 11, 2012 | #
Whoa 700 pictures that’s massive, do you have any of them up online?
Uncle Bob 2:22 am on February 12, 2012 | #
Anita
If you follow these links you should be able to see some photos I took in NYC and in Wisconsin. These form a sample and do not include ones which are of a more personal nature which include members of our party. I felt that it was not my place to make these public
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28475994@N00/sets/72157627765948045/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28475994@N00/sets/72157627744555769/
These videos are from a boat trip we took around Manhattan and are the only videos we shot despite having cameras with us. Too much time to look elsewhere perhaps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1urPUuBjqs0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJyUYhFQRec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrQyip6FxpU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjqD9z38d0M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1K2TrWZXO8
Anita 1:22 pm on February 13, 2012 | #
Thanks! Gonna go check them out right now.