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I find it helpful to record such things on my phone. White coat syndrome exists for me as well.

I had my hair cut onboard a few years ago. I wasn’t overly impressed and thought it expensive. They were quite keen to sell me hair care products, offers I declined. Locally I pay less than half of that for a simple trim which is really all I need. Best to have it done before you cruise rather than during.

Best advice is to find the magic money tree and the gravy trains will be coming and going with great regularity. 🌳🚂🚆

Not a sea, but I guess there are a lot of them sunk to the depths of the canals.

I guess the only ‘boat’ you are aware of is the one that takes you to nice places on cruises.

That explains why the chips looked chip shop made rather than home made, and very nice too. Kidney in the steak pie?

Obviously a very sensible man with good taste.

Tartare what? Our chippy only does curry sauce, gravy and mushy peas. Lemon comes in a tin with carbonated water and sugar / sweeteners. For a change, their steak puddings, fresh out of the steamer, are excellent as well, with no sauce required. Picture to follow next time I have one (may be a while).

Well done to you and all your team members. Presumably you even won on the ‘dodgy’ green near us. 🥇🌟

This is difficult to answer. Going north, starboard is best although on a Northern lights cruise, I took some good photographs of the Lofoten islands from the port side. After you turn round and sail back South, if you call at a port or two rather than going straight home across the North Sea, port is best although as has already been posted, it is dependent on how far from the coast you are. Whilst sailing in the fjords themselves, as presumably you will spend some time doing, you are close to the cliffs on either side.

Cloud, sunshine, very strong winds and rough sea here in North Wales.

Good news.

Well we did 😊

Presumably, maybe just from the angle the photo was taken, there is more than a passing resemblance to our ‘revered leader’. Apologies if she (or you) was offended by my observation.

We still use our Ninja air fryer / multi cooker in our static caravan for convenience, cost and quality of cook. Maybe the early ones are stuck in cupboards because the modern ones do far more and much better. I was sceptical at first but not now.

Graham - Looking at the lady on the right in picture 2, I am surprised our Prime Minister found the time to share a meal with you. I hope she offered to put it on her expenses. 😇

No need to join the caravan club because our static caravans are not going to be clogging up roads and delaying traffic at all (once they are here). The clue is in the term ‘static’. Our site is actually quite genteel apart from in the bar on Saturday night and I guess pension day would have been hectic when such a day for a visit to the Post Office existed. We got a bit excited yesterday at the sight of a rabbit near our caravan. Being able to buy a van and to pay the annual site fees and other costs is a bit of a drawback though. Of course, what happens behind closed doors is another matter….. 🫣😱😵🥴😈

You promised you wouldn’t tell. You know how embarrassed it makes me feel ☹️

My lips are well and truly sealed Hyacinth (apart from when eating or drinking)🍷🍷🥃🍺

It is a scam to get your bank details. I guess you realise that but I believe that many people are falling for it to their great cost, greater than £1:45.

I think you are probably right and aft or forward seem easier to isolate than mid ships. I don’t know where accessible cabins are on Ventura. Having said that, we haven’t yet been told that our suite, a couple of cabins away from OP on the same cruise, is not available. There is time for that to change but maybe it won’t.

I think so but it doesn’t seem to make much sense to use the corner cabin for isolation and not the 4 suites next to it. I have emailed a contact at P&O in order to find out whether we have our chosen suite or not.

Seems strange that you haven’t received an email (and neither have we yet - in C748 on the cruise after yours). Maybe they are selecting some cabins to take out of operation to spread people more evenly over the ship, especially if it is sailing below capacity. No consolation to OP though. It would be helpful if they could be a little more forthcoming with explanations.

We are also on this cruise in an aft suite on deck C but haven’t had the email you have received (yet). As there are no other suites available, anything they want to give us will be a definite downgrade.

We had our boosters yesterday. All staff and helpers were friendly and polite as I hope their ‘patients’ were. We turned up pretty much on time and within five minutes were done. Not feeling great today though, but it will no doubt pass.