Sicily tomorrow, the land of Mount Etna and the Mafia!
The Cruise Director's suggestion for today is to check out the Headliners Theatre Company show, ‘Viva Vegas’, its glamour glitter and a whole lot more!
A little bit about myself, I was born in Paddington central London and lived there with my mum and dad and brother and sister until I was four, we then moved to Kensal Rise/Willesden in north west London as my parents considered Paddington was getting a little rough, anyone who knows these areas of London today will have a quite chuckle about this!
Mum and Dad retired to Somerset in 1980, which is the year I went to sea, so in fact I have not lived in London since 1980.
I met my wife Mandy in 1982, we got married in 1985 and we have lived in Cheshire, where she hails from ever since then, an arrangement that has worked well for us. We live on the border of Cheshire and Derbyshire in the foothills of the Pennines on the edge of Lyme Park. This is the National Trust property which was featured in the TV adaption of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ all those years ago as ‘Pemberley’. It is where Colin Firth emerged out of the lake – a very popular scene! As I have mentioned before I am a keen walker and to living on the edge of Lyme Park is wonderful, at times I can be tramping over there in the middle of winter in a snow storm and not see anyone but the Deer! I walk to keep fit, not to stroll, I have been known to overtake joggers, and if I walk along the canals by us at home I keep up with the barges!!! Mandy has also become a walker in the last couple of years and when she is not at work now loves to join me on my ‘Deer’ watching escapades!
It is a great place to live, quite rural, but close to Manchester and its International Airport.
P&O Cruises were instrumental in how Mandy and I met, but more on that another day!
As you will see today I have posted an updated team photo as there have been a lot of changes. Everyone working onboard rotates to either go on leave or maybe trans-ships (another nautical term, trans-shipping is going from one ship straight on to another one). This cruise we have a change on Oriana of the Deputy Cruise Director and also one of the Entertainment Officers.
Entertainment Officers Oriana Cruise X918.
Left to right.
Entertainment Officer Milly Moran, Entertainment Officer Debbi Burrows, Deputy Cruise Director Karen Campbell, myself, Entertainment Officer John Gittoes, Assistant Cruise Director
Katy Kelly, Entertainment Officer Richie Ternouth, Entertainment Officer Mizzie Saunders, Entertainment Officer DJ Paul Franklin.
Cheers
Nigel
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3 comments:
Hallo to all on Oriana.
It sounds a nice neck of the woods where you live. A friend of ours lives near Oldham, and the village they live in overlooks the Pennines.
Matlock Bath in Derbyshire is a beautiful part of the country, i do not know if it is good for hiking , but it is certainly pretty.
Looking forward to more updates to come.
Regards Geoff Witts Perth
Hi All
Yes it does sound lovely where you live Nigel. We too live in the countryside. This morning when running my husband to the village train station I saw a sight! A guy on a moped tootling along (no this was not the sight), with what I initially thought was a dog running alongside him. Odd form of excersize for the dog thought I! Until it got closer and I realised it was a fox that had run out of what I can only assume was someones garden and was actually probably just as frightened by the whole experience as the guy on the moped was. He then darted off into the local playing field and lord knows where he is now. I thought it was unusual to see foxes in the daytime. We live very close to Woburn and see Deer around here all the time (not the large ones with antlers though). Apparently Muntjack and roe deer are actually pests according to something I watched the other day! To think they first escaped from Woburn and are now all over the country.
Lovely to see the entertainment guys. I see the lovely Gavin is missing - is he on leave. That guy has such a great sense of humour.
Elaine (aurorabore)
Hi there can anyone tell me where I can find Karen Campbell. I worked with karen on Oriana back in 1996, we kept in contact for a while but I have since emigrated to Sydney and she doesn't know I am here. I would love to contact her, so would appreciate if anyone can help. Craig Stokes
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