Minerva I

Perched on the clifftops our intrepid reporter snapped this not so gleaming vessel moored up in a sheltered bay. Are these the first spy shots of another addition to All Leisure’s growing fleet of cruise ships we ask ourselves?

No, we reasoned, more likely a dreadful case of ‘passing off’. If you call your tanker ‘Minerva’ the crew are less likely to mutiny when asked to spend weeks moored in the Channel waiting for the oil price to rise before unloading the precious cargo. They’ll be expecting small ship cruising, country house style!

Hidden agenda

Agencies are famous for launches, pulling strings and flying kites. At Indigo we are no exception but in our case they are just as likely to be found on a wet and windy cliff top as they are in our working week.

The management said the trip was all for the greater good and murmured ‘teamwork’, ‘bonding’ and ‘engagement’. No one really cared; we simply flew kites for a couple of hours until our arms dropped off. And then we went for a drink.