Alastair Ruffman
Joined Norseman in 1983



Started in Travel having left Sedbergh School in 1980.

After a brief period at two agencies in Newcastle and Hexham I joined Bruce's newly formed company "Norseman Travel"

Made a director in 1989

2006. Still here....married, with two girls and living in Northumberland.

Interests:
All sports including


Water Polo

& Swimming, Rugby,Football & Skiing. DIY including cabinet making, Computing, Ponteland Photographic Society.

Ebayer and Freecycle member, Boomerangs, Mountain Biking, Geneology. Cooking (badly) walking le dog and general keep fit.

Claims to Fame
Guinness Book of Records 1981. Team water polo marathon 70+hours.

Rejecting the Pet Shop Boys trying to crash my 18th birthday party.

Whilst at Sedbergh I was a house prefect and had Will Carling cleaning my shoes on a daily basis for a year !

Countries visited: Most recent trip - Med Cruise with Royal Caribbean on "Brilliance of the Sea" Visiting Villefranche, Livorno (Florence) Naples (Pompeii Sorrento and Capri, Venice, Venice, Dubrovnik, Corfu, Rome and Barcelona. June 2004 - Zambia having visited South Luangwe and Lower Zambezi National parks and stayed and visited 7 game lodges. Earlier trips to Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Hong Kong, Thailand and Beaches, Usa - New York, Boston, New Hampshire, Vermont, California - San Francisco, Los Angeles, Disneyland, Arizona - Phoenix and Scottsdale , Hawaii - Maui and Oahu, Nevada - Las Vegas, Florida, Disneyworld Orlando - The Grand Floridian, Yacht and Beach Club, Swan & Dolphin, Marriott World Centre and Villas, and various others, Captiva Island - South Seas Plantation, Boca Raton Resort and Club. Sarasota and Longboat Key, Miami. Cuba, Jamaica, France - Cote D'Azur - St Tropez, St Maxine, Paris, Brittany Coast - La Baule, The Vendee. Canada - Toronto, Niagara, Calgary through to Vancouver via Banff & Lake Louise. Cyprus - Limassol, Paphos, Ayia Napa. Spain - Barcelona, Madrid, Segovia, Majorca, Tenerife - Costa Adeje - Bahia Del Duque, Marbella coast. Ukraine - Kiev. Norway - Oslo, Denmark - Gothenburg.

"Skiing. "

Mayrhofen, Soll, Chamonix, Courmayeur, Megeve, Meribel, Courchevel 1850, Lake Louise, Banff (Sunshine), Kirchberg & Kitzbuhel, Les Deux Alpes, Grindelwald, Wengen, Klosters, Saalbach Hiterglemm. Obergurgl, Obertauern.

Schedule for 2006.

Caribbean - St Thomas, Antigua, St Martin, Nassau,
Florida - Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Disney ( Again ! )

Schedule for 2007
Cruise on RCCL Navigator on the Sea Ports of Call: Southampton, England; Gibraltar, United Kingdom; Barcelona, Spain; Villefranche (Nice), France; Livorno (Florence/Pisa), Italy; Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy; Malaga, Spain; Lisbon, Portugal; Vigo, Spain; Southampton
Other favourite sites below




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