Mort Smith stands beside the bow of Terra Nova

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I’ve neglected the old girl for too long

I took a wander down to the Bridge Marine boatyard on Sunday – just to check that Terra Nova, the old Seamaster Admiral cabin cruiser that Julie and I own along with my brother, was still where I left her when she came out of the water back in October.

Big screen fame in African Queen

When I first came to live in Ashford, I didn’t give a whole lot of thought to the name of the town