Getting warmer..

The sea did calm down a bit on Friday which felt like a relief but the continuing strong cold wind has meant that sitting out on deck hasn’t been a comfortable option. We have spent time planning and booking our upcoming onshore trips which is exciting. Doing lots of reading, I’ve been to the gym a couple of times, Andrew’s watched the rugby and we’ve seen a couple of films too.

Over the weekend we’ve had periods of time when the choppiness has returned – I saw the below picture on Facebook and the author was praising our Captain for dealing with the conditions we’ve had.

We have chatted to quite a few KIACs by now, mostly actually quite lovely, who seem genuinely sorry that our first cruise experience has been so turbulent! Without exception they have all said “we’ve been cruising for…(fill in the blanks….50 milllion years now etc.) and we’ve never known it like this – so don’t let it put you off” However, then almost all go on to complain about P&O as if it is their fault…

At 12 noon every day there is a tannoy update from the bridge on various things like distance travelled, wind speeds etc. and the closest land to us. I think it is a thing they have to do but since our nearest land for the last two days has been – where we didn’t go – Bermuda – as you may imagine those announcments have caused lots of chuntering. Have to say it did feel a bit like – “this is what you could have won”!

He definitely didn’t read the room when he “hoped we had had a relaxing day on board” yesterday.

I saw this on social media

I did also hear a lovely Welsh lady saying she was going to phone reception and check whether the Captain was steering at the time as she thought it was only choppy when he was – thought he should have L plates on!

So, not much actual activity to report but last night we had a lovely meal in The Beach House restaurant which is a bit nicer than the buffet but not as formal as the other restaurants and finally the show did go on. We saw the, twice cancelled, Flamenco dancer and violinist in the theatre – they didn’t fall over and it was quite corny but also quite entertaining.

Very happy to say that today (Sunday) has definitely been warmer – we still have a fair bit of movement from the water but it feels like we are heading in the right direction – yay!

Oh and by the way, if anyone wants to you should be able to leave comments now. Matt very kindly sorted it remotely for me and changed the background to white as I thought it would be easier to read!

This time tomorrow we will (hopefully) be packing our beach bag for Freeport, Bahamas on Tuesday!