plain sailing

Friday 23rd February 2007

5:16 p.m. CET Last night was another busy night, and a bit more satisfying than the night before. Mostly a fairly laid-back affair, and I played a few popular jazz numbers as well as my usual compliment of pop. Was still struggling a bit with cold symptoms but these seem to be abating now.

A rather strange day weather-wise, was clear blue sky and very sunny this morning, then it clouded over for a couple of hours, then it partially cleared up again. Fortunately it held out and was quite mild this afternoon, and I went out for a brief walk.

Looking forward to Sunday and the rare treat of a night off! Apparently some of the crew along with the Ents team are going to be doing some of their own off-the-cuff entertainment, in the form of karaoke, some party games, and a jam session.

Saturday 24th February 2007

10:43 a.m. GMT For a Friday night, last night was again quite a relaxed affair, and although the bar was busy the night went quite smoothly and I gradually won the approval of the audience. There was the usual quota of attentive groups and couples, and I had several requests, including a dedication for lady who was celebrating her 80th birthday.

Also there was a guy on for the last round-trip with his girlfriend, who I knew from my old work, and he recognised me, and we chatted for a bit.

I realised the other day that I haven’t annotated my blog for a while, but I will be doing so again soon as I am hoping to take some pictures when we are in dry-dock tomorrow, and possibly while we are sailing on Monday morning (if it’s nice weather), as we aren’t due to arrive back in to the dock in Hull until about lunch-time.