Eddie99

Hurrah! A great day! Lovely pics The ABC islands. - Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao - have a reputation as among the best Caribbean calls. Let’s hope Aruba is good for you too. I think I’ve only been there once, and found it a bit Disney, a lot US. However, I’m hoping that, as well as the commercialisation, there will be easy access for you and Lady S. I have no memory of kerb heights etc. Lots of iguanas, and an apartment or hotel complex where you can sail your yacht straight in Enjoy today and Get Well Soon!

Goodness me Snow Hill You don’t do things by halves Get well soon 🤒

+1 I’ve refrained from off-topicking Selbourne’s thread, but I feel it’s time to offer my sympathy and hope you get completely better very soon, Megabear

Have a lovely cruise! It’s always nice we someone comes back to say problems have been resolved and to say Thanks to those who helped

10° and breezy here Meeting with my sister & brother in law for a dog walk and pub lunch. They have a new pupster, who I haven’t met yet, so I’m looking forward to seeing them all. 4 people, 3 dogs - what could possibly go wrong?

Time for a visit to the medical centre? It’s what your insurance is for. It must be worth taking the time to go, and paying whatever excess you have on your policy, to get your health sorted out to really enjoy the remainder of your trip. Plus - you need to be fit to help Lady S get the best from the cruise Lecture, or gentle prodding, over. Enjoy Curaçao. It’s so beautiful. I hope everything goes well for you today

Michelle - lovely pics The *4 generations* ones are very special. I am lucky enough to have them with both of my childrens’ grannies. Memories Nice pics from kalos Good that Snow Hill is starting appropriate treatment - what problems our teeth bring us Our day at the coast turned into a day at home doing odd jobs, as the weather turned drizzly and miserable, though still pretty mild

Sinusitis is one of those conditions for which pharmacists are permitted to prescribe antibiotics under the new arrangements - but I don’t know if that’s come into effect yet? However, if you’re in pain and the surgery is full (it’s a Monday!) it’s worth visiting the pharmacy Good luck, it’s a horrible pain It’s early yet but the forecast looks encouraging. We’ll aim for a trip to the coast

Best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery, Prestos (and Selbourne, whatever it is that ails thee)

Wishing you smooth seas to Southampton (forecast), trouble-free disembarkation (sorry - that was poor for us on the corresponding journey. The excuse? Pax had bought too much stuff, so the luggage took longer to unload), and an easy journey home Thank you for your blog. I enjoyed it very much

Well done Graham I don’t weigh myself but, judging by my waistband, any cruise-related gain in bulk has now gone Back to normal eating, no drinking (dry February, as an antidote to the free drinks package!) and lots of healthy walking with this one F106AADF-CD78-4CE0-B66D-87DCAC6154FD.MOV

Azura? Hope you had a super time

It’s beginning to sound a bit like the Ancient Mariner, or African Queen, with the broken air conditioning. Joking aside - that is poor; it reduces your options to sit in comfort My memories of Martinique are favourable. The area near the dock is conspicuously affluent, with high rise waterfront apartments. When we were there “yachts” had been arriving from a transAtlantic race. Lovely looking vessels. There was a huge marquee with *smooth jazz* emerging, which seemed to be “race control”. We briefly contemplated blagging our way in, then came down to earth and realised that there was no way our French was up to that. We could only have managed the Gallic shrug 🤷‍♂️ It’s easy to get out of the terminal; I’m sorry I can’t remember how the roads/kerbs/pavements were. I do remember a pleasant French vibe Hope your day is good, and that the air-con gets sorted

I hope you’ve woken up having seen off that cold Selbourne - you don’t want to feel iffy in this exciting sector of your trip

But you’d only fly outward and then you’d have your days in the Caribbean and the return sail home to relax! The *coach back to the airport* operation is very smooth

Ah, thank you I must be particularly dense today 🫤 In that case it’s pretty much swings and roundabouts - no blanket surcharge for 70+ but if you want extra cruise cover you need to purchase trip by trip, etc etc

The document I linked to sets out the differences between UK Insurance and Aviva It has ‘traffic light’ indicators of whether the change is bad for journalists (red), better for you (green) or neutral (grey)

I’ve read this through twice and the only (old) age reference I can see is that the automatic supplement for 70+ is removed It says nothing about an upper age limit for cover? (Double click to open)

Really? (I’m not doubting you - just saying Really?). Do you know if it affects everyone, including existing policy-holders, or just new accounts? Can you give me a link or a hint where to find this in black and white, so I can accept the new situation & make alternative plans? Thanks in advance

True! My husband likes the fish/fruit thing in Madeira, and always has it when we visit Funchal Lovely spring-like weather here. Weak sun all day yesterday (plus the Sahara enhanced sunrise and sunset) and the birds were singing like crazy. Loads of snowdrops and catkins We had a long walk and a pub lunch. Liver & bacon isn’t everyone’s favourite but this hearty plateful certainly hit the spot

Thanks Selbourne. What a great day you had! The pics show it as a very authentic location - but plenty of sunshine I don’t know if you have plans for St Vincent but I don’t think you and Lady S will find life easy outside the terminal. High kerbs, deep gutters and stalls which narrow the roads and pavements Enjoy the sun

So pleased for you Sue!

Watch out for that octopus Phil! 😱 🐙

Yes I think it’s much more our problem than theirs