yorkshirephil

Another lovely sunny day here, a bit hazy but fine for me, I have had to resort to watering the garden and pots. We have now had two weeks of good weather with little rain. Hosepipe ban next week. We went to Junction 32 this morning and it was nice to sit out people watching. I hope others are being treated to some nice weather to enjoy.

I think the best we have ever had was when FO made their maiden stop in Gambia, the dockside was packed with bands and dancers, really made us welcome, we did get a couple of good send offs in a couple of maiden ports in Japan last year.

I like to hydrate with Whisky

You may as well fill the cups with whisky, win win😁

It wasn't AI in 2012 and 2013, the first of the three cruises we took we paid to upgrade to find that there was a £1.50 surcharge on Captain Morgan rum. We just paid as we went following that.

IMO no. P&O cater for retired people during off peak periods, many that don't drink much which is us now, plus many take medication that doesn't mix well with alcohol. We used to cruise regularly with what was Thompsons but stopped when they went all inclusive as I do not feel the need to subsidise other peoples drinking. If P&O go all inc then I very much doubt we would continue using them.

Not always Sue, Princess do have some well priced cruises if they suit your needs. We are on Sky Princess to USA and Canada whereas the Arcadia equivalent is just over £1000 pp more for the same cabin grade.

Another cracking day here, we have sat out most of the day in nice hot sunshine. We are having friends for tea and have set the garden furniture for dining out as it looks to stay sunny. Nice that others are getting some nice weather as we have had it all week.

If the accountants get there way probably sooner rather than later, as they will look at profit and not customer satisfaction or goodwill. Someone needs to help out with the Carnival dept mountain.

Some info here. Being the cynic I am this is being used as cover to push people to spend a few quid more in the bars. https://theinsider.carnivalukgroup.com/what-we-stand-for-2/hess/

Us peasants are revolting.

You can bet your bottom dollar that some of these scrotes will then complain about falling standards on P&O

You are probably right, however this suits us as we don't drink a lot and very rarely use wifi so are quite happy to pay as we go.

Another day of two halves weather wise today, the forecast was for a dull cooler day, which was how it started. I risked the shorts and T shirt for our breakfast run to Barnsley and it wasn't too bad. By 13:00 the sun was out and cracking the flags. So we took advantage and built up our vitamin D content.