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Saturday 16th June 2007

1:35 p.m. CET Last night was a fairly average kind of evening, not really a typical Friday, until the latter half of my last set, when rather than playing a couple of light instrumentals and then sidling out the door, things gained momentum, I had two encores and several words of praise afterwards, so altogether quite an unusual sort of night, but nevertheless a good one.

One chap who approached me afterwards was a Dutch musician and music producer who amongst other things has written music for films.

Last night after I had finished I went out on deck and for the first time in a long while it was clear and I was able to get a good view of the night sky, and the lights of the Norfolk coast in the distance. More often than not, recently by the time we have set sail, there has either been thick fog, heavy rain, or both, which have usually persisted throughout the night.

Sunday 17th June 2007

11:24 a.m. BST As I’ve mentioned in previous entries, some weekend evenings tend to have a party-type atmosphere, and last evening was no exception. Had a warm reception from the audience throughout. Played five up-beat numbers on the trot during my penultimate set, which was the most I have played in succession for a while and they were all well received. One of which I hadn’t played before, namely Stuck In The Middle. Had several requests during my last set, so many in fact that I only ended up playing a couple of the songs that I had previously picked out!