Netmoirs of A Solemn Rover

Artemis Transat Event

"The oldest solo race in history, The Artemis Transat is a 2,800 mile race across the North Atlantic alone... Held every four years since 1960, the 2008 edition of the race starts from Plymouth, UK on Sunday, 11th May." And that is what this post is all about. I was out today to Sutton Harbour armed with my wide-angle lens, a Tokina 17mm ONLY. Feeling lazy to get my bulky Tamrac 5X out, I filtered down the needs to shoot to only a single lens, while abandoning everything else at...

Faraway Guests

May, & Seon with their newly arrived bro, Jun Xiang arrived in Plymouth today to find accommodation in Plymouth. They stayed overnight in Dave's place and since I am having my off on Sunday as usual, it was the best time to meet up. It was nearly a year since we last seen each other. We went to our usual hangout, the China House overlooking the Sutton Harbour for a quick lunch and 'ice-breaking' for JX and the gang. With the Tan's here, we have had lotsa action archived in photos. They...

Spontaneous Gluttony

We all went spontaneously nuts for a meal for a spontaneous raw ingredient selecting, spontaneous queuing, spontaneous cooking and spontaneous feasting! The place I am referring to was Cuisine Spontanee' located at the heart of Sutton Harbour with lots of posh apartments and restaurant overlooking the marina. It's my debut visit and the rest of the gang has visited this place before. The gathering this time was organised by CJ in conjunction of Chinese New Year (maybe?) since we haven't got...

Boxing Day Outings Part 1: Lunch

I always loved to dine in China House because of its ambience and quality food. As for this Boxing Day, I'm organising a lunch session with the gang in that atmospheric traditional English pub. I called up the pub at 10am just to check out if they were open during Boxing Day and to my surprise they did, and we are not required to book. China House is NOT a Chinese restaurant. The name was meant to be that way to commemorate its past as a warehouse for storing goods from the Orient, hence the...

China House Outing

It has gotta be China House in Sutton Harbour. Today I'm gonna write about this famous pub in Plymouth. Before stepping in to this place for the first time eons ago, I used to think that it was another typical British-rip-your-ass-Chinese-meal restaurant. Fortunately, it was just a name, as it was actually one of the most famous traditional pubs that you can find overlooking the Sutton harbour which was a marvelous spot for hangout. It was my first outing with the gang since a month...

Jenny Cliffin’

We go cliffin with Jenny. So it was Dave's idea, yes ..4 weeks ago it was his. Cos I procrastinated so many damn times. My excuse? Can't get up early. So I promised myself yesterday, I must bloody make it to Jenny's Cliff today no matter what. We thought we might have problems finding 'kakis' for the walk. Fortunately though, Antonio & his fiance' - Ghee wanted to join us which is freakin coo Jenny Cliff - Plymstock. A cliff-hangin experience ya'll. Unexpectedly on late...