another u.s.o. (unidentified sailing object)

Monday 4th June 2007

5:13 p.m. CET A bit of a difficult night last night, with many large groups of older Europeans; a bit of a tough crowd to entertain. I did get a visitation by some familiar faces however, in the form of some crew members from the York who were on-board, who I hadn’t seen since November. The bar was virtually empty by the middle of my last set, so I finished early again.

Continuing my theme of strange marine vessels which I began back in February when I was on the Pride of Hull, the other day while docked in Holland (in superb weather) I was doing some practice late in the afternoon and notice what appeared to be a oddly-shaped crane mounted on a ship making its way down the channel towards the sea. I went out on deck by the time it had come into view, and managed to get a picture of it. It’s a bit blurred as it was still some distance away, but you can still make it out.



Tuesday 5th June 2007

1:24 p.m. BST Yesterday evening was a nice relaxed affair, so much so that I played mostly laid-back jazz numbers in my first set, with a fair bit of improvisation, which I have been doing more since the start of this contract. During my second set I also performed Tiny Dancer by Elton John, which I have just learned. It was quiet again by my last set and I wound up early by playing some instrumentals.