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Out & about
The lighter side of travel
W
OULD
YO
U
BELIEVE
IT!?
Silversea guest flaps in the breeze
Charity begins at Hove
CRUISE passengers, it seems, Lawton politely requested the
can bite at the silliest bait guilty party to take them down,
for the dynamic duo
when out at sea. as Silver Wind was about to
One passenger onboard pass another ship and the sight BATMAN and Robin (pictured below) joined
Silversea’s Silver Wind in the of smalls flapping in the breeze the Brighton Half-Marathon last week to raise
Indian Ocean last week fell was, well, not quite Silversea. some cash for charity.
hook, line and sinker for a spoof The request prompted an Unlike the Batman films, in which the iden-
announcement. instant response, with one man dashing back to tity of the caped crusaders is kept secret, we
The ship’s cruise director, David Lawton, his cabin, fearing that it could be his wife who can reveal that the two heroes on this occasion
greeted passengers on the public address sys- had committed this nautical faux pas. were Neilson operations director Simon Davies
tem one morning with the usual pleasantries. Cue one aggrieved wife, hurt that her other and Tui ski product director Ian Davis.
He then said he’d “spotted” that passengers half thought she might do such a thing, and, once A team from
Responsibletravel.com (above)
in one cabin on deck five had hung out their the story got out, one embarrassed husband. also competed in the race,
underwear to dry on their balcony. Apparently, the couple were from Essex. raising more than £1,000
for Village-to-Village.
Carnival asks public to
The charity works in
poor areas of Tanzania
pay through the Nose
developing social
enterprise and supporting
public service, education
CARNIVAL UK is opening its call centres on and HIV awareness
Friday, March 13, to take donation calls for programmes.
Comic Relief. The money will go
More than 100 members of staff, including towards the construction
chief executive David Dingle (below right)
and sales director Giles Hawke (left), have
volunteered to help staff the phone lines.
WIN
of several huts, which will
be used as part of Village-to-Village’s
community-based tourism project. Once
properly established, the project will generate
Simply Red: Cosmos is giving away a stream of sustainable income.
a limited-edition red iPod Nano for Red For more information about the charity, go to
Nose Day. To be in with a chance of winning,
village-to-village.org.uk
agents need to make an Avro flight-only or
somewhere2stay accommodation-only book-
ing by March 13 (Red Nose Day) and email
GOT A FUNNY STORY?
Don’t keep it to yourself – let TTG share it
the reference to
agencysales@cosmos.co.uk.
with the travel trade. Hilarious photos
Second prize is £50 worth of M&S vouchers
also welcome. Please call Rupert Murray
and third prize £25 worth of wine vouchers.
on 020 7921 8010 or email
rmurray@ttglive.com
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