Thursday 18th April – Day at Sea.
Today is the first of five
and a half sea days… Just 1,750 miles to go to The Azores!
Quiet morning, punctuated by
the noon update from the Captain. Apparently we have now left the Bermuda Triangle
and he apologised that he was unable to produce any monsters from the deep nor
could he provide any missing ships or planes… This captain has an interesting
sense of humour!
Friday 19th April – Day at Sea.
Happy 33rd Wedding
Anniversary to Kevin & Glynis and Happy 55th birthday to Kevin.
(Good idea, getting married on your birthday – means you are less likely to
forget your anniversary!)
A slightly stormier day and
certainly a lot colder although it was still sunny, if you could find somewhere
sheltered to sit.
Glad we had the birthday
celebrations in the Explorer Club to look forward to. The chefs made a lovely
double anniversary/birthday cake and Kevin promised he would wear his T-Shirt
in the crew bar later on.
On the way back to the cabin
we noticed sick bags on the stairwells… not a good sign!
Saturday 20th April – Day at Sea.
Stronger winds and bigger
seas today – luckily, Nesta’s supplies of alcohol are still holding up and the
doctor is still prescribing Zopiclone – so she’s ok.
We changed course in the
early afternoon because there was a yacht nearby who didn’t answer the ship’s
radio call. We went to check if all was ok and thankfully it was. They too are
on their way to the Azores and we are glad that we’re in this boat not theirs!
After persevering, Nesta has
decided that Art Classes are not for her. She feels she needs beginner’s
lessons and with so many passengers signed up for the classes the lecturer is
unable to help.
She has also decided to give
the choir a miss, as their rehearsal room is the lookout lounge – not the best
place to be in rough weather!
Funniest overheard comment of
the day:-
A passenger went to reception
and asked to speak to the Captain. When asked why she said that she understood
there were five sea days in a row and this wasn’t good enough. Surely the Captain
could find a small island in the Atlantic where we could stop and have a break!
(She was serious!! Glad we’re
not THAT bad).
It was supposed to be a
formal evening tonight but the ship postponed it for safety reasons…Do people
hurt themselves more if they fall over in tuxedos then??
Sunday 21st April – Day at Sea.
It was certainly a “lumpy”
night L Fortunately Nesta had taken her medicine and slept
soundly throughout!
Outside of deck 6 and the
whole of sundeck 8 are now closed due to the rough weather. (Wouldn’t want a
passenger being blown overboard)
According to the Captain’s
midday update we are experiencing 35 to 40mph winds (force 8 or 9) and seas of
7 to 9 metres high... (Glad we’re not in that yacht!)
One issue the weather has
thrown up is that there is not enough space in the public areas when passengers
cannot go outside, so lots of people are spending hours in their cabins.
Tony, this cruises bridge
host, has chosen today to invite us both up to the bridge room on deck 8 for
supervised play!! Nesta wasn’t looking forward to it – but we both duly went
and actually enjoyed the experience…
In the afternoon, we went to
the church service and in the evening we will go to the quiz again. It’s about
time we started winning again!
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