Up bright and early for the first visit to the Gym. Sun is shining and 32 degrees and calm seas forecast.

After 35 minutes on the running machine I returned via the bar. I did not realise it opened so early in the morning (something to note for the future). Hank was there propping up the bar, or it could have been the other way round? Early morning stiffner in his hand, another day of dedicated testing of the Seabourn bar staff had started in earnest.

Today was a lazy day on board interrupted only by more food, more drink and the daily putting competition. Despite our very best efforts John D, Jan and I were soundly beaten by the army of American golfers who clearly spent most of their time in Florida perfecting their putting skills.

For those who like cruising we can recommend Seabourn, however, a minor irritant for the Woods, Pardons and Daveys was the intermittent delivery of hot water to our showers. Not to worry Herr Pardon was on the case, our leader had logged the problem and under instructions the Woods and Daveys had separately logged the problem. We were not surprised to find out that our leader had procured a face to face meeting with the Hotel Kommandant ( A second captain on board who looks after the passengers). What followed was feverish activity by engineers culminating in visits to our rooms by engineers to test the temperature of the water. Unfortunately, I had just finished a shower and had no clothes on when the engineer knocked on the suite door requesting access to test the water temperature. Sue desperate to get the shower fixed bundled me into the walk in wardrobe shutting the door, instantly plunging the wardrobe into darkness. I waited, naked and dripping wet for ten minutes in darkness for the engineer to complete his tests.

Ironically although the water problem has been fixed we have all spent so much time out in the sun that we can only take lukewarm showers L