Day 6 At Sea

The extra hours sleep was gratefully received , but we still didn’t wake up until 7.30.  Overnight the wind had increased to 40 knots and the white horses were back dancing on the tops of the waves.  The sea state had also returned to moderate and the ship was just gently rolling to match the Atlantic swell.  Best of all the sun was showing through the grey clouds giving periods of sunshine.  After breakfast we did the regulation 3 laps of the promenade deck, which probably didn’t even burn off the calorific value of a breakfast pork sausage, at least it’s a token gesture. 

By now the sun was frequently showing through the clouds, so we retired to the sundeck for most of the day.  Lunch was skipped again in preference for afternoon tea with cakes, tea cakes, crumpets and scones with jam & clotted cream and yes we had them all!!!

With a bit of luck the weather will start to warm up and the sun will shine more as we head south west towards the Caribbean, which means our days will focus on eating and sunbathing, so don’t worry if the blog is missing for a day or so as we are in transit.  Also, pictures seem to take an eternity to upload, even small ones, so don’t expect to see any in future blog entries.

Thankfully the risk of icebergs diminishes with every day that passes, but you still can’t help but worry about the U boats.  We’re safe at the moment as the sea state is such that if Gerry was to let a torpedo go it would be in the water one second then in the air the next, plus the fact that Captain Carr from Wigan must have all the off duty crew peddling like mad, as we have been cruising at 20 knots since leaving Madeira.

At 6.30pm we have travelled 488 nm since leaving Madeira and have a further 2222 nm before we reach Tortola.  The wind speed has now dropped to 27 knots and the temperature has also dropped to 20 deg C.

Looks like we have definitely lost the couple from Eastbourne at the dinner table - so it’s just the four of us now.  Glyn the Welsh eating machine is also deaf so you can imagine what it’s like trying to have a conversation on our table.  Most of it is with signs between him and me, but the ladies seem to get on OK.

We all went to watch another show this evening, in the main theatre, which was about west end shows.  The song and dance troupe on board certainly earn their money as this is the third different review in 6 days and they have all been excellent.

Clocks go back another hour this evening, so time to take advantage of the extra hours sleep.