Brian George. Born in 1953 in Surrey, England. Father Keith, an Aeronautical Engineer. Mother Pauline. A Tennis Coach. Had a good normal state education passing enough examinations to be accepted as Navigating Cadet in the British Merchant Navy. This despite being averse to any form of study related activity. Spent a year at The School of Navigation at Warsash, Southampton before being assigned as a cadet on the Blue Star Line vessel 'New Zealand Star on a voyage to New Zealand. A twelve year sea going career followed before coming ashore, getting married (again). Having two children and working for ten years in the Driving Tuition Industry. Returned to things nautical in the early nineteen nineties by joining HMCG, (Her Majesties Coast Guard) as a Watch Officer stationed at the Maritime Rescue Centre in Liverpool, England. Retired at 62 and spent several years living in Crete, returning to the UK in 2018 to help look after elderly parents. Now lives in Norwich, England and Oslo, Norway, maintaining strong connections with Crete. Brian is now seventy years old, but thanks to an active lifestyle doesn't feel a day over eighty five.
