1900UTC: USS Nimitz - Sea of Okhotsk, Extended Sea Duties. The sign on the door read ‘Lieutenant Dawn Delaney’ and it stood out in a sharp contrast to the battleship grey innards of the aircraft carrier’s metal passageways. The air here was stale and cloying under the artificial lighting which illuminated the run of narrow windowless corridor. Seated at the small cluttered desk, the lithe officer rifled through the wad...

With the cloying headiness of last night’s drinking session with the girls slowly draining from me, I decided that the sultry summer conditions were perfect for my walk along the canal towpath. The walk was a routine for me, and enjoying my new found sense of ‘spontaneity’ I decided to extend my usual route further up the towpath. The canal was fringed with a beautiful wooded area which thickened into a densely lush fores...