Back to the Bruges line

Sunday 18th February 2007

1:19 p.m. GMT I am sat in my cabin having done my first two nights on the Pride of Bruges. As it has been the weekend both nights were very busy, with a full bar all evening. Friday night was fairly enjoyable, the audience were fairly receptive and I had a few requests. As is often the case it became quite raucous as the evening drew on, but towards the end I played a few up-beat numbers and there was a large group sat next to the piano singing along. Last night was a bit more challenging however, I had been feeling as though I was coming down with something during the day but after a couple of hours’ sleep in the afternoon I felt better and although the audience were less receptive the evening went quite quickly.

Another slight hindrance is that I have been having problems with the sound system in the piano bar but I spent an hour experimenting with it this morning and I think I have pretty much got it sorted now.

My cabin is about the same size as the one on the York but it has a slightly different layout. Also, as it is roughly the same age at the York it too is showing a few signs of wear and tear!

Yesterday afternoon I took a walk down to the sea-front with Dale, one of the members of the duo Top Secret who are currently on-board (and are due to be for the entirety of my contract). It was sunny but fairly cold, despite this it was surprisingly busy for the time of year.

A nice sunny day in Hull today, and shortly I am off for a walk down to the Seafarer’s Mission to use their internet facilities to upload this, and catch up with the world.