Mike Clarke Blog - Whale meet againWhale meet again...Solo sea-dog Mike Clarke takes a breather on Pitsford reservoir near Northampton after an epic 25,000 mile single-handed round trip to Australia.
The piratical pensioner decided on the hop in his 32-foot sloop to get over the boredom of early retirement.
And he survived days of boredom, and encounter with a whale and a run-in with an oil rig to complete his voyage.
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