After several months at sea, it's always nice to turn into the Humber with the Dock Tower and the flats on the horizon - you know you're home!

A lot has happened while I've been away, such as, the Conservative party openly tearing itself apart over its ridiculous decision to give the British people a vote over EU membership. David Cameron may well end up regretting this and getting the outcome he dreads! The film 'Grimsby' has now been released worldwide, and even though I don't like the thought of some southern ex-Cambridge posh boy coming up and taking the piss out of the north, it could have been a lot worse.

The Mariners are in third place, after an excellent win at second placed Forest Green, and we are 1 - nil up in our two legged semi-final against Bognor Regis in the FA Trophy with a Wembley final as a reward for the winners.

I watched the X-files for the first time in years the other night, and apart from Moulder and Scully looking years older (like us all), it was a bizarre episode featuring an Islamic terrorist in a coma, and Moulder trying to communicate with him by taking LSD! It was like Homeland crossed with a Cheech and Chong film from the 1970's and 80's - and not a UFO in sight!

Anyway, while I was away I read 'The Prospect of this City' by local writer Eamonn Griffin, but more of that next time.

UTM,
Captain Haddock