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Winning Lines "Round The World Trip" Winner
On Saturday June 19th 1999 I appeared on The National Lottery Gameshow on BBC1, with Simon Mayo.
Where, after several gruelling rounds of numerous, inane Trivia questions, I won a 3 week "Round the World Trip" for 2 people including £1000 spending money. (The first to win it! and the only one to date so far (29th April 2000))
The Itinerary is as follows:-
| Date | Journey / Activity / Hotel | Flight No. | 18th July 2000 | Depart Manchester 12:30, Arrive London Heathrow 13:25 | BA 1393 |
| 18th July | Depart London Heathrow 16:30 Arrive Los Angeles. 19:50 | NZ 001 |
| 18th July | Pick up car & drive to Radisson Hotel, Santa Barbara, (Santa Barbara Town Guide) | |
| 19th July | My birthday (hint, hint!!) Day around the town and by the pool | |
| 20th July | Universal Studios, Los Angeles | |
| 21st July | Drive back to L.A. Visit Disneyworld. Drop off car, Depart 23:00 | NZ 107 |
| 22nd July | Arrive Tahiti (Papitte Airport) 04:45 (Tahitian web site) | |
| 22nd July | Check in to deluxe oceanfront view room at the Tahiti Beachcomber Hotel | |
| 27th July | Depart Tahiti 06:25, Arrive Auckland, New Zealand 16:45 Check into Auckland Hyatt Hotel. | NZ 045 |
| 29th July | Depart Auckland 16:00 | NZ 133 |
| 29th July | Arrive Brisbane 17:45 | |
| 29th July | Depart Brisbane 18:55, Arrive Cairns
(Queensland,Great Barrier Reef) |
AN 136 |
| 29th July | Check into Novotel Palm Cove Resort | |
| 4th August | Depart Cairns 12:50, Arrive Sydney 15:50. (Sydney web site) | AN 911 |
| 4th August | Pick up car & drive to Landmark Park Royal Hotel (Opera view room, overlooking Sydney Harbour bridge) | |
| 5th August | Tour, including visiting koala's, Harbour Lunch Cruise and Bondi Beach | |
| 6th August | 19:00 Dinner in the Sydney Skytower restaurant | |
| 8th August | Depart Sydney 17:35, Arrive Bali (Denpasar Airport) 21:50 (Balinese web site) | QF 29 |
| 8th August | Check in to Junior Suite at Melia Bali Hotel | |
| 10th August | Kintamani Island Tour including Tanah Lot (Temples) and Balinese dancing | |
| 12th August | Depart Bali 17:20, Arrive Singapore 19:40 | QF 067 |
| 12th August | Depart Singapore 22:40, Arrive London Heathrow 05:15 | QF 009 |
| 13th August | Depart London Heathrow 07:45, Arrive Manchester 08:45 | BA 1384 |
| 14th August | Bed all day to recover! |
Just out of interest I also pressed the button to start the National Lottery draw for that night (Whilst also wishing luck to all those who worked at British Aerospace, Samlesbury). I won a tenner! Did you win anything that night?? Let me know if you did.
CSC Computer Sciences Corporation Nimrod Service Delivery Manager
Service Delivery
Implementation and Support
Technical Management
I work for Global Infrastructure Services (GIS)
My remit covers all sites where the Nimrod Programme has a prescence
User Support
Work E-mail = isharple@csc.com
Home E-Mail = ian@isharples.freeserve.co.uk
Certification
Movement of Hardware
Asset Management
Business Activity Profiling for IT infrastructure impact
Enhanced Support for Nimrod
Metal Spinner (Strand Road, Preston)
Warton Design Office (JAS Wing and R&D)
Warton Design Office Training School Instructor
Training Partner, Military Airframes, Samlesbury
Samlesbury CATIA Support Manager
Service Delivery Manager, CSC
Socialising (Drinking Beer!!!)
Cinema
Computing
Travel (1st Class only!)
Sir George Robertson who recently became Head of NATO and a Life Peer shortly after meeting me.
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