This week we are kept amused with photos sent to us from two individuals whom, unbenownst to each other have taken up a common theme of photographing bottles of HP Sauce out on the high seas! What is it, HP Nautical Awareness Month or something? Did I miss a memo?

Of course we all know a good Brown Sauce knows no boundaries, so lets dive right in and see what awaits us in this ‘ere treasure trove of HP goodness…Arg!!! (I cannot believe I just wrote that!)

Our first submission comes to us via Jeanette Aubry and Russ Archer from Vancouver Island, Canada. *Click on the images for larger versions. Requires Javascript.

Jeanette accounts how these images came to be:

Under limited artistic direction from Moi, Russ was asked to try to get some action shots of the “SAUCE” aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Gordon Reid. I wasn’t sure how far we could go - considering the hyper security these days, so I was totally thrilled to get a photo of HP on a Fast Response Craft (FRC). In an emergency situation at sea these are the boats the crew use to “race” to the rescue while the mother ship follows.

…where rescued individuals are later treated to bacon sarnies doused with lashings of brown sauce along with the customary hot chocolate!

Life Ring
I guess the choice here is do you throw the ring and rope or the HP?

Tough call!

The Helm on the Bridge The Helmsman (Helm is gender neutral) guides the ship using visual references, and good taste.

Indeed!

Top of the Wheelhouse (Coast Guard Crest)
Except for the various radars, depth sounders, rigging etc…this is the Highest Position an HP bottle can obtain.

I wonder, what IS the highest elevation a bottle of HP Sauce has ever obtained? Do they serve HP in the restaurant atop the CN Tower in Toronto? Perhaps someone once fancied a proper English prior to ascending the heights of Everest!? Who knows? I certainly don’t…

Jeanette finishes:

PS. Russ is already planning a new series… Lighthouses, remote coastal and mostly inaccessible sites. (laugh)

To boldly go where no HP Sauce bottle has gone before!

I have to admit, there is something oddly addictive about setting out with the sole intent of photographing a bottle of HP Sauce in socially awkward circumstances. When traveling to Vancouver Island this past summer on board a BC Ferry, I discovered a lone table reserved for the Captain in the ships dining room. On it, a bottle of HP sat unassumingly (as is its nature) amongst the other condiments. While the dining room was full of hungry people who had only just boarded in Vancouver, I couldn’t resist but walk up to the table with my camera and take the time to properly frame the shot. As I did this, I received some curious looks from other passengers, but once finished, I left the dining room with that “I got away with something!” feeling.

I look forward to future photo submissions! Thanks Jeanette and Russ!

Our next submission comes to us from Tom LaPorte who, along with his wife and a bottle of HP Sauce tucked away in the camera bag, embarked recently from New York on a 12 day Caribbean cruise! Tom as you may recall, has previously presented us with a number of gallery photos - my favourite of which being “The Secret Of Stonehenge“.

Although Tom hasn’t yet provided stories to embellish his photos (he typically requires a good wine & dine before opening up), the photos tell us a good deal on their own. I particularly like how they managed to set up the shuffle board scene having clearly enlisted some fellow passengers for the shoot!

Thanks again to Tom LaPorte and his wife for sending along those photos! Submissions like these two exemplify what this site is all about. Don’t take your condiments TOO seriously, just enjoy them. HOW you enjoy them is up to you.

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