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Delgirl - your update sounds heartening. Good luck to you and your husband. I wish you much happy time together I’ve no news or anything important to say except Bon Voyage to those boarding today. I know of Sharon, Dave and Sarah, there are probably others I’ve missed. Smooth seas and sunshine to you all

Hope this works! https://www.pocruises.com/onboard-activities/dining/main-restaurant

We were overtaken on a paved pedestrian trail yesterday by an old guy on a mobility scooter with his two dogs On the back, among other items such as a Ukraine flag was a ‘number plate’ with HARDLY DAVIDSON 🙂 Have a wonderful, relaxing, hitch-free cruise Sarah. Your first cruise is a very special time

Enjoy your cruise Wowzz

Food porn alert! 🙂 We had a lovely lunch, sitting outside in the sun Starters Turbot cerviche (final pic - can’t get the correct order 🙄) Portland crab remoulade Main Skate with paprika & chorizo Two (yes, 2!) whole megrim sole with chilli & burnt lime preserve Pudding (not for me) Lemon curd cheesecake with chocolate & raspberry ice cream Pics

Just for fun, as the sun is shining and we’ve had a lovely fishy lunch (pics later)

Old Rooms Inn Weather has been a bit iffy. Had some grand thunder and lightning

Did you get your fish & chips?

Take care not to shock your kitchen equipment 🙂

Have you seen this lovely map, produced in the1950s to help Polish airmen. All the places with phonetic spelling! Like the guy on Catchphrase used to say “Just say what you see”

… and the more people push at the boundaries or game the system, the more likely the company is to bring in a total clampdown. The policy used to be even more relaxed but social media etc proclaimed “Bring what you like. It doesn’t matter. You’ll get away with it”. Idiots turned up with packs and packs of beer etc - clampdown followed imo the current policy is nicely relaxed. Bring your special bottle but don’t try to cheat to save a tenner. You may ruin it for everyone The OP wasn’t even asking about bringing alcohol onboard anyway! 🙂

Amazing thunder and lightning last night - right on bedtime, so sleep was delayed. Luckily slept a little later than usual this morning. Fortunately our dog takes no notice. I’ve had fearful rescues in the past who have turned to shivering wrecks. Rescue Remedy can help, to a degree. Get a few drops on their gums or even rub it in to bare skin on their ears Talking of sleep, I thought I’d mention my weighted blanket, which I’ll credit for turning my sleep problems right around. I can pretty much guarantee 6+ hours of solid sleep every night. I got it at the start of the year, so it’s taken about 3 or 4 months for me to feel sleep-confident I’m also a little heartened at recent research/report saying 7 hours is actually better than 8 and much better than 9. (I wouldn’t enjoy that height thing either)

We’ve been at the coast for a week and the change we see in the countryside since we’ve been back is amazing. Spring had sprung and everything was green before we left but I think May is competing with June and is truly 🎶 bursting out all over 🎶 The horse chestnuts are real show-offs Talking of which - apologies for that unintended pic of my new avatar. 🖕Posted in error when I intended to post the missing cat. I thought I had deleted it, but obviously hadn’t. Durrr 🙄 Anyway - the url will take you to the website if you want to make one for yourself.

Oh, blimmin heck Dennis Waterman dead at 74 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61372712 Feels like he’s been around for ever, from Just William as a child star, through The Sweeny and Minder, right up to New Tricks 🙁 Carpe diem everyone

Sounds like foodie time! We went abroad for lunch! Goats cheese salad starter then tempura cod and calamari, plus chips for main. Fabulous setting! There’s Mrs Zapp’s fish & chips 🙂 07FEF41E-510E-4D31-9B26-4ACB47FE1D05.MOV

That’s your clue! Make a fuss! They’ll take note

Oh Sue - it never rains but it pours. Just on the work issue - I don’t think it’s reasonable of your employers to expect you to transport a laptop like that. I think you should speak to HR/Occupational Health about it. If they don’t/won’t help then I think you should look at either a good backpack or possibly a trolley/case. Carrying it on your shoulder, that distance, will surely impact your back/shoulder/hip/knees? It’s also risky for you just to be carrying it in the open. There are nasty/desperate people out there Oh, sorry, that sounds real doom and gloom. I just thought it’s one issue you can have some say in I hope you can get some grandson time worked out

No Let her pop over the bridge for her fish & chips but you stay town side and do Rockfish. Or try Quayside Bar & Kitchen, which has an unexciting ‘always’ menu but a fantastic daily chalkboard, with at least five fish specials. Or The Crab House, which you’d almost certainly need to book, but has recommendations from Rick Stein etc.

Stay well Michelle It won’t harm, and it might help, to take some extra Vit D, to add to the dose you’ll get in the garden

The skate was my OHs. This was my gurnard with romesco sauce. Rotten picture, with the shadow of my phone all over it. I hadn’t had gurnard till Rockfish came to town - it’s very good. Quite a solid fish but with a nice delicate flavour. Salad! I hope I’m not drummed out of the club for enjoying a nice bit of salad. I had a few chips too.

Enjoy your special haddock & chips Brian. The dog is looking forward to the skate bone/cartilage in her supper tonight. That’s her reward for sitting patiently while we ate, with no more than a bowl of water

Fishy Friday here too Not on heritage plates though, and with green in the form of capers There’s an NCL liner in at Portland, ex NYC and Halifax NS. Weymouth has a lot of cruisers milling about, mostly overdressed, seeing as it is a glorious day. We spoke to 4 Canadian ladies and helped them find free WiFi, then a couple of older ladies from Texas, who told us they had had a grand cruise and only one day of rain, in Liverpool. They’re Le Havre tomorrow and Southampton Sunday. Forecast is for even warmer weather tomorrow. Phew,