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Which was being served at the captains table along with Allan's knobbly knees being the centre piece, could Allan next Bet without peering down.......

lonely old barmaid trying to replicate Annie Walker's genteel conversational mode while casting aspersion towards Betty's world-famous steaming Hotpot

"Got to start thinking straight" thought Allan "what did OH put in my Horlicks last night?"

As he stared at Bet more intensely he watched her morph into a.....

where the antipodes is placed on his Globe which he carries along on all his meanderings to aid his understanding of astronomy.

She greeted him warmly, "Hello, Chuck, what can I do for you?".

OH gave a steely glare at this familiarity and Allan tried to explain the warm nature of Lancashire lasses did not diminish, when they sailed to the Southern Hemisphere.

OH was not so sure .....

but she wasn't pulling punches

"Allan let's see your knees chuck" she said as she made a grab at him.

Allan managed to get out of her way by....

known to everyone as Bet Lynch from Coronation Street.

By gum! She was pulling pints as well as sailors

Then Allan realised what he really was thinking about was the Beatles song...."I am the Walrus" which explained all this craziness going through his head all the time.

Back on board and quickly changed he went to meet OH at the Captains table, which usually means a treat on most upscale ships but in this case it was the name of the themed bar onboard. His knees were everywhere what was happening in this crazy world??

Just then a tall thin and yet curvy blond.......

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner which he recited many times at school came to mind - 'Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink' - or something like that.

Allan wanted to avoid the American addiction of Hillbilly Heroine.

:-D :-D

trip to one of those soup kitchens all the crew of the ship were talking about. Surely there must be at least one broth hall in Adelaide?

If there was, Allan never found it as he realised that it was time to re-join the ship which was coming apart at the seams

then he thought no I shouldn't drink after all those hits on the head, what I really need is a nice relaxing.....

Alas, that cunning plan wouldn't work as OH realised that all the boa constrictors in Australia had been killed of by the spiders.

It would have to be death by mushrooms, quite appropriate really as Allan is a really fun guy.

Now all she had to do was have a word with the chef preparing the meal for the Captain's table

Meanwhile, back in Adelaide, Allan had just passed a venue (not in the physiological sense, that would have been extremely eye-watering) where a poetry reading programme was taking place.

He stopped dead in his tracks as he saw the same passenger from the ship together with the same bird on a lead leave the venue.

Deciding to get if first, Allan approached the passenger and said, "I suppose that you've taken a tern for the verse"

The passenger gave him an extremely quizzical look and replied, "Not at all. There was a poem on the programme regarding seagulls that he wanted to listen to"

Allan went in search of a drink

Boa constrictor , at least it would save her the job of wringing his neck...

It suddenly dawned on Allan just how many deadly animals and insects there are in Australia, he wondered if OH knew about them all.....was that why she kept insisting on him having a pet, not a dog or cat but something exotic like.....

As it happens, the Captain's table had already been set out for the evening meal, so OH placed the photos as a display centre piece and crept away.

Allan meanwhile had been enjoying the sights of Adelaide and had found an amazing wildlife area.

That would be the year he didn't win at the Gurning contest, he was so upset but then he won the knees instead....at least you can hide knees but faces...well....

OH went off to look for somewhere to place the knobbly knees photos...now where would be best....

Oh these are perfect of when Allan won the knobbly knees contest, I've a feeling he'll be needing his knees again very soon!......

wow she thought my Allan has had some interesting times in his past......but no those pictures aren't right for now, what else do we have here.....

clog-dancing at junior school long before the 'Twist' was created & modern slavery was abolished.

He had a notion in his pre-teens youth that he would become a Polymath Priest to inspire generations to follow