Pp-Painting Penguins in Patagonia ; We Were On the Bosom of the Sea-and Bosoms Can Heave
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Actress PHYLLIDA LAW captures the spectacular scenery of South America's tip in both words and watercolours on a luxury cruise around Cape Horn
ONE of Britain's best-loved actresses - and the mother of Emma Thompson - Phyllida Law took to the high seas last month on a fascinating luxury cruise.See the full content of this document
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Pp-Painting Penguins in Patagonia ; We Were On the Bosom of the Sea-and Bosoms Can Heave
Here, she recounts her adventures in diary form, in a hilarious, and moving, homage to Patagonia...
Day One: London to Buenos AiresTHE omens for my South American cruise had not been good. Packing in my habitual panic, I caught my foot in the flex of my electric blanket and fell face first into my suitcase.My taxi didn't arrive on time and, running for a luggage trolley at the airport, I twisted my ankle and spent the long flight with a bag of ice stuffed down my sock.I can't be certain, but I don't think the intrepid explorer Charles Darwin had the same trouble when he set off for South America in 1839.I had brought his book The Voyage On The Beagle along for company and although various unpleasant thi...See the full content of this document
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