A friend of mine locally has just built this ‘pier’ at a lake nearby and it struck me immediately that I could just see Johnny Weissmuller sprint along this walkway and plunge headlong into the pool below – no doubt along with Crocs and Hippos – he would see the crocodiles off

That same friend – although not a film fan at all also acquired ths large scale model of a galleon that had been used in Hornblower.

BELOW – here it is floating on his pond – it is just small enough to fit

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Starring Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo, Raoul Walsh’s 1951 adaptation of some of C.S. Forester’s classic seafaring novels is stirring stuff!

Here are some stills from the film – by no means one of my favourite films but OK