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Shoreham Airshow 2007
Me looking brave before taking to the air (and the wing) of the plane. Wow, it was cold !! But the whole experience was totally exhilarating.
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Jan's Blog
Computers and the internet are amazing things. One of my concerns with putting together this site was that it could remain current, yet with all my travelling I've often much to say, but little time to say it. Years ago when reading the news it would take me days on end to reply to the kind letters people sent. Now, with the magic of the modern age, I can keep you up to date with what I'm doing and other events in my life.
PRISCILLA - QUEEN OF THE DESERT
Date: 30th September 2009
PRISCILLA - Queen of the Desert I had to go to London for a meeting on Wednesday 30th September and thought it would be a good idea to see a show. Both Jonathan and I wanted to see Priscilla - Queen of the Desert - so he raced around and managed to get a couple of not bad seats in the Upper Circle. I... Read more...
ST. DUNSTAN'S - Wonderful Organisation
Date: 28th September 2009
ST. DUNSTAN'S - Wonderful Organisation In 2002, I helped out at the Albert Hall with the Remembrance Day Service. In the Green Room, I was delighted to meet the actor Richard Todd (who my father resembled when young) and with him was an official of St. Dunstan's - the Charity which helps blind and partially... Read more...
BALTIC CRUISE - ARCADIA - OVERVIEW
Date: 27th September 2009
BALTIC CRUISE - ARCADIA - OVERVIEW I don't quite know where to begin. The Cruise was absolutely superb - every single facet of it. I accepted the contract because I thought the Baltic trip was a cruise that offered so much in the way of culture and new experiences. And my son and I weren't... Read more...
BALTIC CRUISE - KRISTIANSAND
Date: 18th September 2009
KRISTIANSAND - NORWAY I have always been interested in Fossils and Minerals and basic Geology and Jonathan inherited this trait from me. I can remember him spending two months pocket money- £8 - on an Ammonite Fossil which he bought at the Natural History Museum. With this in mind... Read more...
BALTIC CRUISE - OSLO
Date: 17th September 2009
OSLO - NORWAY Jonathan's Grandmother is Norwegian and J has been to Oslo several times - the first time as a baby just after I'd presented the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest. We were staying on a tiny island where one of Veslemoy's relations owned a house - and even on the island we were bedevilled by Norwegian... Read more...
BALTIC CRUISE - TALLINN
Date: 14th September 2009
TALLINN - ESTONIA Our next port of call was Tallinn in Estonia. We decided not to go on any of the tours but just to have a leisurely walk around the old town instead. I find that there's only so much I can absorb and enjoy and too many museums, art galleries and cathedrals simply merge into... Read more...
BALTIC CRUISE - ST. PETERSBURG - The Catherine Palace
Date: 13th September 2009
The Catherine Palace in the village of Pushkin was actually completed by Catherine's daughter Elisabeth. It is smaller than the Hermitage but is crammed with valuable artefacts. The one room I wanted to see above all others was the Amber Room. The whole Catherine Palace was reduced to a shell in... Read more...
BALTIC CRUISE - ST. PETERSBURG - The Hermitage
Date: 12th September 2009
ST PETERSBURG The Jewel in the Baltic Crown. This was, for me, the highlight of the cruise and I was not to be disappointed. St. Petersburg, the Hermitage, Catherine the Great's Palace and the Amber Room, surpassed expectation. I purposely left my Credit Card on the Arcadia when we went on our... Read more...
BALTIC CRUISE - HELSINKI
Date: 11th September 2009
HELSINKI Not knowing anything at all about Finland we decided to take a walking tour of Helsinki. We were lucky to score a very good guide. (Guides do differ enormously and they can make or break one's enjoyment of a tour. Although they all speak English, it is often so heavily accented and spoken... Read more...
BALTIC CRUISE - STOCKHOLM
Date: 10th September 2009
STOCKHOLM What a lovely city this is - quite stunning and very clean. I was meeting up with a friend for lunch - we'd not met for nearly 20 years - so I gave the sightseeing a miss. Jonathan lunched with us and then went off to view some of the sights. He did manage to go to the Museum housing the Vasa -... Read more...
BALTIC CRUISE - COPENHAGEN
Date: 8th September 2009
COPENHAGEN We decided not to go on any of the organised tours - which perhaps was a mistake. Instead we took the Shuttle bus in to the Centre of Town. I wanted to see the Tivoli Gardens expecting them to be beautiful gardens with a few amusements. In fact the reverse is the case - there are some... Read more...
BALTIC CRUISE - ARCADIA
Date: 6th September 2009
BALTIC CRUISE ON THE ARCADIA. The cruise got off to a great start from the moment we boarded and heard that our Cruise Director was Sally Sagoe - she was the CD on my first cruise with P & O last year on the last leg of a world cruise from Capetown to Southampton. She's a hard act to beat not only... Read more...
THE BLADES
Date: 5th September 2009
I know I've been promising the clips from my Blades flight but each time I transferred them to disc, there was a problem. I've finally bought a programme which I hope has transferred the material into the correct format to be entered onto my Website. The whole flight lasted nearly half an hour so I had... Read more...
BALTIC CRUISE - ARCADIA
Date: 5th September 2009
BALTIC CRUISE with P & O - Arcadia. This will be my fifth cruise in 18 months - so I'm flattered that they keep asking me back to give talks. We will be visiting Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Oslo and Kristiansand. Both Jonathan and I are very much looking forward to St.... Read more...