Captain Greybeard YOUR EXPERT GUIDE TO CRUISE SHIPS AND CRUISE HOLIDAYS
Introducing our new cruise commentator, the indefatigable Captain Greybeard – aka national
newspaper man and well-known cruise blogger John Honeywell – who casts a critical eye over ships and shipping worldwide
Cruising- M
y name is John, and I’m a cruiseaholic. But, unlike the Friends of Bill W who attend daily meetings on board ship, I
have no intention of giving up my addiction. I took my first cruise about 15 years ago and, despite the fact it was cut short when the ship – Fred. Olsen’s Black Watch – broke down and the passengers were flown home from Malta instead of sailing into Dover, I was hooked. Since then, I
have sailed on everything from the world’s biggest cruise ship, Allure of the Seas, to a tiny converted
My Addiction
trawler, Majestic Line’s Glen Tarsan, which carries just 11 passengers. I have been transported north to Alaska and south to Cape Horn, encountered elephants in Thailand and clambered aboard camels in Egypt. I’ve taken float-plane flights to watch brown bears catching salmon, and coach trips to see modern-day ‘gladiators’ guarding the Colosseum. I have been introduced to the unique musical talents of Blue Man Group and watched entranced as Filipino crew performed their traditional dances. And I have been fortunate enough to turn to writing about cruise ships on a full-time basis since giving up my job as managing editor at one of Britain’s biggest national newspaper groups in 2009. What a relief it was to make the transition from an editorial eminence grise into a nautical Captain Greybeard! Now I have been given the honour of a
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18 WORLD OF CRUISING I Spring 2011
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