Tuesday
21 January- At Sea
24°C
SE
Force 5
Bliss
– a long lie-in and leisurely day. I really needed this to recharge my
batteries. We now have five days at sea until we reach Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The weather was still hot and sunny so I stayed on deck all day –
eating at the deck barbeque and watching the flying fish. Some people saw a whale
breach close to the ship – but I missed it. We did the Syndicate Quiz after dinner – then
bed as clocks went forward an hour – we are certainly now homeward bound!
Wednesday
22 January – At Sea
24°C
SE
Force 5
After
a showery start to the day the sun came out and once again it was sitting- (and
dozing-) on-deck weather. We had lunch in the Plaza where I spotted the captain,
so asked him about Mein Schiff 2 – he explained that the German captain wasn't happy about his assigned berth so siled elsewhere. We headed to the deck
again after lunch, where we spent ages photographing flying fish.
Then the sun
went and there were some heavy showers again so went to cabin to get ready for our first formal night for ages and the Peninsular Party. I looked
up at the bridgecam at one point to see a fabulous rainbow.
At the Peninsular Party and chatted with junior purser Andy.
He explained part of the thinking behind changing the colour of the funnels was
that we might be confused with Costa! Dinner, quiz, bed
Thursday
23 January – at sea
21°C
SE
Force 4
A lie-in again and then to the Macmillan coffee morning. The Macmillan Nurses are P&O Cruises' chosen charity for the year and all fund-raising in for their benefit. We had much better coffee and
a delicious cup cake for a donation to the fund. The Captain and new Executive Purser were
there as were a few other officers and all the Entertainment Staff.
Afterwards I
sat on deck in the sun but it kept disappearing and eventually there was a heavy
rain shower so had lunch and went to the cabin. Sorted out some washing and spent a miserable
hour and a half in launderette. The wash was OK as I could leave it and just go
back in 35 minutes, but I couldn’t get a dryer. Abandoning the one on my deck I tried the ones above and eventually
got one and put laundry in. However, it was still damp after 40 minutes so I ended up draping it
all over the cabin. Eventually had another go at 5pm and got it dry enough to iron but my t-shirts still
had suncream marks on though so the whole exercise was pointless!.
Got
ready for the early show at 7pm – Fogwell Flax.
Friday
24 January – at sea
19°C
E
Force 5
Yet another
lazy day. It was still hot enough to sunbathe as long as you found a spot out
of the wind. It is definitely getting colder though and preparing us for our
return on 30th January. Pretty sure I saw two whale spouts in the
distance.
Saturday
25 January – at sea
17°C
SE
Force 4
Weather
now preparing us for going home as colder by around 2 degrees a day – it was dry
all day though apart from a few short showers. I still managed to sit out
wearing a fleece and watching for whales. The sea was incredibly calm but no
whales. It was Burns Night so I changed for our formal night and special dinner where the haggis was duly
piped in and addressed.
After dinner we watched the Burns Night Ball for a bit
before heading to the Quiz!
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