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Just so you know, I wrote this article a couple of days ago,so here we go. It’s day two of the cruise, and the second of 10 full days atsea. After yesterday’s overcast and slightly blustery conditions, it’s wall towall sunshine today, and this afternoon it’s been positively balmy. We’ve spentmost of the day cruising down the western coast of Portugal, having completedour, a surprisingly calm crossing of the Bay of Biscay. In the early hours ofthe morning, we rounded the most north-westerly tip of Spain, at CapeFinisterre (remember the shipping forecast), and commenced our long voyagesouth.
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Tomorrow morning we’re due to berth at the southern Spanishcity of Cadiz, the first port of call on the cruise, but in the meantime, it’ssit back, enjoy the sunshine, but not too much of it, and just generally chillout. I’m typing this, and other articles, on the new 13” laptop I treatedmyself to. You might remember me writing about my search for a suitable, small,portable device, well after much online searching, I found just what I waslooking for, and at a reasonable price as well. It’s a Chinese brand called"Jumper" – strange name, but it seems to be doing the business, even though thisis the first time I’ve used the device in the field, so to speak.
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I’ve written before about cruising being the perfect way torelax, and even when the weather isn’t clement, there’s till nothing likesitting there, reading a book, or even typing out a blog post, whilst watchingthe wash from Queen Victoria’s powerful engines, disappearing into the distancebehind us. We’re sitting at the moment, at the rear of Deck 10, virtually atthe top of the ship, overlooking the pool deck, where lots of people are lyingon sunbeds, literally frying themselves in the sun. There’s some quite subtle and very relaxing“mood music” playing out, over the pool deck, but it’s barely audible up here.
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Yesterday evening we attended the first of several galadinners – the ones where the ship’s company encourage diners to dress up –black tie for those identifying as male and black dresses for those whoidentify as female – he said, facetiously. It was all rather swish, the foodwas excellent, and for once. The company was good too. This time around, Eileenand I were sat with a couple from Cheshire, who we both described as “down toearth and genuine” which was in stark contrast to some of the over-pretentious bores we’ve been lumbered with on previous cruises.
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Tonight, it’s the Lido Buffet, where to be fair, the food isequally good, but you just need to help yourselves. I paid a visit to the Lidothis morning, for breakfast, leaving Mrs PBT’s to enjoy her beans on toast, inthe room. We almost slept through the waiter’s knock, as despite having beenwarned by the captain’s announcement about putting clocks and watches forwardan hour, we almost slept right through. Looking out the window, dawn certainlyseemed a long way off at 8am this morning.
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The buffet was packed this morning, but when you’re on yourown, you need to grab your food first, before laying claim to a table. Bothtasks van proved troublesome but having the sense to procure a cup of coffeefirst, I had the other hand free, plus a convenient ledge to put my cup down,whilst I piled up my plate. You’ll no doubt be grateful that I don’t intendgiving a blow-by-blow account of what I ate, apart from saying they rustle up afine omelette on the Queen Vic, and they also serve an equally impressive,afternoon tea. This consists of dainty sandwiches (with the crusts removed),cakes, plus scones (with raspberry jam and clotted cream) is something of atradition on Cunard ships, (it might be on other cruise lines too), but it onlyhappens on sea days. https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTpAWjkj4Do3tHLHeUcJL4Tr8RYweS_NWkzPyr53_EF 5eYiZGJJF2GnJKAKLnmzsEwAUMeeJtOenQEJN1kyuQNT-t5JR-D_H54fhEoKUz5UhykWWxwGHB36KTSeU2FFw-ZVegQAL62ERqLr_OktqBK_xnM8ZHTQp4fIdiYTl0Z0HyBQn9hJ ewfwLS-_E/w400-h225/IMG_20231003_151652.jpg (https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTpAWjkj4Do3tHLHeUcJL4Tr8RYweS_NWkzPyr53_EF 5eYiZGJJF2GnJKAKLnmzsEwAUMeeJtOenQEJN1kyuQNT-t5JR-D_H54fhEoKUz5UhykWWxwGHB36KTSeU2FFw-ZVegQAL62ERqLr_OktqBK_xnM8ZHTQp4fIdiYTl0Z0HyBQn9hJ ewfwLS-_E/s4000/IMG_20231003_151652.jpg)Eileen and I arrivedjust after 3pm, expecting the Queen’s Room, where the tea is served, to be halfempty, but more seasoned sailors than us, obviously know the score, and theelegant ballroom was packed. The waiting staff still managed to find us atable, and we enjoyed a selection of dainty sandwiches – made with bread withthe crusts cut off, a cake, plus a scone or two with strawberry jam and clottedcream. And that’s the trouble on a holiday like this, as unless oneis careful, it’s far too easy to pile on the pounds and thereby undo all thegood work the pair of us put into losing weight, over the past few months.
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Fortunately, portions are not massive, andgiven the distances between various locations on board ship, it’s also easy tokeep one’s step count up. Without really trying (apart from three laps aroundthe promenade deck), I managed to clock up 10,000+ steps yesterday, and I’mwell on the way towards doing the same today. I’m going to have to sign off soon, as the sun is movinground, and it’s getting difficult to see the screen, but I have to say that Ireally like this combination of taking it easy, watching the ocean roll by,whilst at the same time, bashing out an article or two. It’s a way of life Icould become really use to this, but without further ado, I’m going to sign offnow, head down to collect Mrs PBT’s from her place in the shade and head off –perhaps for a pre-dinner drink at the Golden Lion – the ship’s pub, and thenmake our way up to the buffet.
I will update you all, tomorrow possibly, although with timeashore, in Cadiz, it might not be until Thursday that I hit the keyboard again!
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Just so you know, I wrote this article a couple of days ago,so here we go. It’s day two of the cruise, and the second of 10 full days atsea. After yesterday’s overcast and slightly blustery conditions, it’s wall towall sunshine today, and this afternoon it’s been positively balmy. We’ve spentmost of the day cruising down the western coast of Portugal, having completedour, a surprisingly calm crossing of the Bay of Biscay. In the early hours ofthe morning, we rounded the most north-westerly tip of Spain, at CapeFinisterre (remember the shipping forecast), and commenced our long voyagesouth.
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Tomorrow morning we’re due to berth at the southern Spanishcity of Cadiz, the first port of call on the cruise, but in the meantime, it’ssit back, enjoy the sunshine, but not too much of it, and just generally chillout. I’m typing this, and other articles, on the new 13” laptop I treatedmyself to. You might remember me writing about my search for a suitable, small,portable device, well after much online searching, I found just what I waslooking for, and at a reasonable price as well. It’s a Chinese brand called"Jumper" – strange name, but it seems to be doing the business, even though thisis the first time I’ve used the device in the field, so to speak.
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I’ve written before about cruising being the perfect way torelax, and even when the weather isn’t clement, there’s till nothing likesitting there, reading a book, or even typing out a blog post, whilst watchingthe wash from Queen Victoria’s powerful engines, disappearing into the distancebehind us. We’re sitting at the moment, at the rear of Deck 10, virtually atthe top of the ship, overlooking the pool deck, where lots of people are lyingon sunbeds, literally frying themselves in the sun. There’s some quite subtle and very relaxing“mood music” playing out, over the pool deck, but it’s barely audible up here.
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Yesterday evening we attended the first of several galadinners – the ones where the ship’s company encourage diners to dress up –black tie for those identifying as male and black dresses for those whoidentify as female – he said, facetiously. It was all rather swish, the foodwas excellent, and for once. The company was good too. This time around, Eileenand I were sat with a couple from Cheshire, who we both described as “down toearth and genuine” which was in stark contrast to some of the over-pretentious bores we’ve been lumbered with on previous cruises.
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Tonight, it’s the Lido Buffet, where to be fair, the food isequally good, but you just need to help yourselves. I paid a visit to the Lidothis morning, for breakfast, leaving Mrs PBT’s to enjoy her beans on toast, inthe room. We almost slept through the waiter’s knock, as despite having beenwarned by the captain’s announcement about putting clocks and watches forwardan hour, we almost slept right through. Looking out the window, dawn certainlyseemed a long way off at 8am this morning.
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The buffet was packed this morning, but when you’re on yourown, you need to grab your food first, before laying claim to a table. Bothtasks van proved troublesome but having the sense to procure a cup of coffeefirst, I had the other hand free, plus a convenient ledge to put my cup down,whilst I piled up my plate. You’ll no doubt be grateful that I don’t intendgiving a blow-by-blow account of what I ate, apart from saying they rustle up afine omelette on the Queen Vic, and they also serve an equally impressive,afternoon tea. This consists of dainty sandwiches (with the crusts removed),cakes, plus scones (with raspberry jam and clotted cream) is something of atradition on Cunard ships, (it might be on other cruise lines too), but it onlyhappens on sea days. https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTpAWjkj4Do3tHLHeUcJL4Tr8RYweS_NWkzPyr53_EF 5eYiZGJJF2GnJKAKLnmzsEwAUMeeJtOenQEJN1kyuQNT-t5JR-D_H54fhEoKUz5UhykWWxwGHB36KTSeU2FFw-ZVegQAL62ERqLr_OktqBK_xnM8ZHTQp4fIdiYTl0Z0HyBQn9hJ ewfwLS-_E/w400-h225/IMG_20231003_151652.jpg (https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTpAWjkj4Do3tHLHeUcJL4Tr8RYweS_NWkzPyr53_EF 5eYiZGJJF2GnJKAKLnmzsEwAUMeeJtOenQEJN1kyuQNT-t5JR-D_H54fhEoKUz5UhykWWxwGHB36KTSeU2FFw-ZVegQAL62ERqLr_OktqBK_xnM8ZHTQp4fIdiYTl0Z0HyBQn9hJ ewfwLS-_E/s4000/IMG_20231003_151652.jpg)Eileen and I arrivedjust after 3pm, expecting the Queen’s Room, where the tea is served, to be halfempty, but more seasoned sailors than us, obviously know the score, and theelegant ballroom was packed. The waiting staff still managed to find us atable, and we enjoyed a selection of dainty sandwiches – made with bread withthe crusts cut off, a cake, plus a scone or two with strawberry jam and clottedcream. And that’s the trouble on a holiday like this, as unless oneis careful, it’s far too easy to pile on the pounds and thereby undo all thegood work the pair of us put into losing weight, over the past few months.
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Fortunately, portions are not massive, andgiven the distances between various locations on board ship, it’s also easy tokeep one’s step count up. Without really trying (apart from three laps aroundthe promenade deck), I managed to clock up 10,000+ steps yesterday, and I’mwell on the way towards doing the same today. I’m going to have to sign off soon, as the sun is movinground, and it’s getting difficult to see the screen, but I have to say that Ireally like this combination of taking it easy, watching the ocean roll by,whilst at the same time, bashing out an article or two. It’s a way of life Icould become really use to this, but without further ado, I’m going to sign offnow, head down to collect Mrs PBT’s from her place in the shade and head off –perhaps for a pre-dinner drink at the Golden Lion – the ship’s pub, and thenmake our way up to the buffet.
I will update you all, tomorrow possibly, although with timeashore, in Cadiz, it might not be until Thursday that I hit the keyboard again!
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