Third day at Sea. (somewhere off the coast of Morocco)We are now roughly off the coast of Africa and the weather is certainly warming up nicely. The sea right now is like a pond, very very calm with hardly any noticable movement. This morning saw round two of the indoor cricket nets game we invented and Gary was allowed to join us again. David won this time but only just and I came in third....out of three. The bat we have to use is about 200 years old and ma...

second day at sea!  We are properly into our second day at sea and everyone will be pleased to hear that Barbara has recovered fully and is back with the land of the living. She was looking SO much better this morning and we are all really happy for her. I know it is a horrible feeling when you are sick and fair play to her, she has manned up and is now really enjoying herself. It is actually rougher seas today than it was yesterday but we won't tell he...

Blog time!Having given the folks the scare of their lives we finally set sail toward the Canary Islands at around 16:30 yesterday afternoon.The doors which separate our balconies from the folks have been opened and we, once again, have a nice space to sit and watch the scenery go by. Yesterday evening was spent looking around the shops....there is an Effy Jewellery place on this ship too but David was thrilledto learn that nothing leapt out at me this year. The...

Saving the best 'till last.This is a late update - we have already been one sea day since leaving Gibraltar and are on our last full day at sea before returning to Southampton at 0700 tomorrow morning.I have spent some time thinking about what to write with regards to our visit to Gibraltar.   What a special little place it is..... it is by far my favourite stop of this holiday and, potentially, one of the top stops we have ever had.We arrived as the sun wa...

We are now nearing the evening of our second day at sea before reaching Southampton tomorrow. The cruise is nearing the end now. Just one more sleep and then we are back home in England. Right now we are heading toward the English channel. The weather is still very sunny if just a tad cooler (not much though).We have enjoyed two full days at sea.....The weather yesterday was quite bad, rough sees but not tooooooo rough, Barbara felt a little unwell but, cons...