Another cruise is nearly over. The last few days have been calm and beautiful in terms of
sailing, but very busy in terms of activity. It’s amazing how quickly a day passes despite the fact that
we’re not doing anything significant.
Our team continues to do badly at trivia. Today is the grand finale and without a
miracle, we’re doomed. Our one
chance is that we can bet everything on the last question. If we get it right and our competitor’s
bet cautiously, we can win. I
doubt that will happen.
Two nights ago we had about 20 people in our cabin for a
cocktail party. The Captain came
for an hour, as did the Hotel Director and Guest Services manager. The staff did a lovely job setting up
and the best part is we don’t have to clean up anything. Al really enjoyed talking with the
Captain who is a very congenial Scotsman.
I think a good time was had by all.
On Sunday the 25th, one of our group arranged for
Sunday lunch in the dining room.
She had special ordered roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, a traditional
Sunday lunch where they come from.
It was very good! Speaking
of very good, the food has been excellent on this cruise. As a result we’ve eaten far too
much. Getting back to normal will
be difficult.
Yesterday was the boat-building competition. We had a team and the guys (I should
say one really) built a boat out of plastic water bottles and various other
materials available on board. The
object of the competition was to carry a 1.8 kg tin of caviar safely the length
of the pool. Ours performed
beautifully, but we only got 3rd place. I have to admit that the top two were very creative and
deserved to beat us, but we had fun.
That’s really what it’s all about, isn’t it?
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| Captain Warren before the launch |
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| Two of our crew from Sandy Isle in the Orkneys |
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| The Maiden Voyage of the M/V Veragan |
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| Sharks in the water |
Now it’s nearly time for trivia so I need to wrap this up
for now. At some point I have to
pack, not my favorite thing. At
least packing to go home is easier than packing to go away. In this instance you know that
everything has to go. We’ve been
sending laundry out, but we’ll still have lots of dirty clothes going home with
us.
Okay, ciao for now.
I’ll report later about trivia and the rest of the day.
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