Sun-day

Monday 12th March 2007

11:42 a.m. GMT Saturday night was a bit of a struggle as the audience was fairly unresponsive, although there did seem to be a few people listening, and it was a welcome novelty to have Ida there. I didn’t have many requests, but one German bloke did approach me mid-way through the evening and asked if I could play ‘Tie A Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree’, which needless to say I had to decline.

The weather in Belgium yesterday was heavenly, warm with a cool breeze and no cloud at all, so we decided to go down to Blankenberge for a while. Being a Sunday and sunny the beach was quite busy, and I think it was the first time that I had eaten an ice cream at this time of the year.

Was stood on deck last night before we left, and witnessed a rather dramatic sunset. Being a weekend we left slightly earlier than usual, and as such it was even lighter when we left than the other day.

Last night was a much better night with a lot more responsive audience, played several requests (including Speed of Sound by Coldplay amongst others) and as usual there were some couples and groups that stayed in the bar until the end of the evening.