Not really very near Mauritania - not near anything at all. As the picture shows the sea is blue with occasional shoals of flying fish but apart from those there is nothing not even other shipping. The sun is getting stronger and the water in the pool is almost warm enough for me- about 23. We have been busy doing a treasure hunt and are going to hear a Canadian passenger talk about a 3 day dog sledding trip. It sounds excellent nut you camp out and need clothes ...

Making slow but sure progress just 2000 miles to go. ! Peter is still managing to find something to talk about , bilingually for an hour each day. We find his English quirky and are amused to hear Germans complain about his german. For those of you who have not met our cruise director it can all be explained by the fact that his is Bavarian. We have s film on the deck tonight , the screen ( a sail ) dangles over our cabin making it necessary to be definitely ...

Another sunny day. Difficult to fill in location info as we have no phone signal to use gps and no choice of in the middle of the ocean. Have decided to put on nearest land or perhaps something random to keep you on hot toes. Bill has had a pang of conscience about rating 3 course lunches and dinners so he has gone to walk a mile. I had a salad and have not! Even refused the chocolate dipped strawberries that appear in our cabin at 3.30 each day.