The organist librarian

Clocks went back an hour and Fr Pat not there for 8 a.m. so I went to front desk and Angel called him! Met John and Brenda from Caterham who know Tony Charlier. Chat to Fr Pat at breakfast. A day at sea. Talk on the environmental policies of the line and engine room talk. Amazing towel folding demos and back stage tour. Christopher the excellent male singer lead signed my programme - he is from North Minnesota. They rehearse the shows for 5 weeks in Los Angeles. The dancers are very slick. One of the women singers I did not like much - she tried to sing a Sarah Brightman number and it did not work. Wednesday June 25. Reception put on by Thomas Cook for our coach group - took group photos. Swam - only my second swim in the week! Good show Streetsongs. Dancing in Ocean bar and our last dinner together and said goodbye to Ann and Paul after a fabulous week together. Slept badly and Liz up to see docking at Vancouver. Thursday June 26. To Stanley Park, Grouse Mountain - amazing cable car, ...

Had a swim and jacuzzi. At breakfast in the mall Liz said Ann had said there is a baby beluga white whale at the aquarium so we went to the Tourist bureau and they sold us tickets and gave us bus directions. We saw the whales, sea lions, sea otters and dolphins. Fantastic aquarium in Stanley Park with tropical displays and local sea life. Bus back to town and in good time to check out and walk over to the cruise terminal. Saw Ann and Paul in the immigration queue - going into U.S. for Alaska. Great to see them both again. Our cabin on the bottom floor and it has 2 portholes. This proved an advantage as when there was any rolling we did not get it very much. Ann and Paul's a similar size but inside on top decks. The suites with windows and balconies look fabulous but really no need to pay so much as we spent all the time out of the cabin! The food is plentiful and fantastic! Did a tour of the ship to get orientated - it was good it was 1700 - those 3000 capacity ships would be prett...

To Hope for lunch stop - interesting chainsaw sculptures. Lots of cattle and horses as we are now out of the Rockies. To Vancouver and staying at magnificent Fairmount Waterside hotel. Coach took us through Chinatown and Newtown. Ann rang - they had had a great time travelling about. On seabus to North shore - what a setting for a city - it rivals Sydney! Met John and Yolanda Fulton. Have not seen John for 45 years - he was in my class at St John's College and they are coming to the reunion at school in September. Had salmon at Salmon house - it was a wonderful evening and I was amazed how much I remembered from so long ago! John can even remember our exams in detail! We looked at photos and recalled names. I have since looked up the book about Yolanda's artistic family the Everards in South Africa "Women of Bonnefoi" - there is one copy in Westminster Reference library.