Posted by Jock on October 17, 2007 at 07:26:22 from 87.105.81.146 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Re Blue water) posted by Peter H on October 16, 2007 at 22:21:53:
Sometimes the feeling of a phrase is more important than a factual explanation.
And I thought it was the Polish plumbers who were the romantics! I totally agree with you about Laurence's writing. His diary chronicling a trip down the Thames reads like Jerome K Jerome.