Day 7 - At Sea

Day 7 – Thursday 17^th January 2014 – At Sea

Today the weather has not really improved with a Force 7/8 gale with cloudy skies.

The morning session in the gym and sauna certainly gets you in the right frame of mind and sets you up the rest of the day.

The 11.00 lecture in the theatre was given by Ellen Baker, our astronaut, with a talk on My Favourite Plant, Earth and how life may have evolved here and what may be out there in space.  Once more presented with some amazing pictures and thought provoking, keeps the brain cells moving.

Dance session today was the advanced waltz, I have not even mastered the basic waltz, so it was in at the deep end though I managed not to kick anybody.

The Golden Lion (Weatherspoon’s) lunch time session with cottage pie which then moved into an afternoon siesta.

Dress code today is formal and all spruced up for pre-dinner drinks and canapés.  Tonight everyone was at the dinner table and I had prawns/lobster/baked Alaska which was excellent.  The night in the restaurant ended with a parade of the chefs, dressed in their white suits and hats, they walked around the tables in a crocodile line while all of us clapped and cheered until they gathered at the main restaurant staircase for a photo shoot, it was very impressive.

Into the theatre for a variety show which included the dancers, the very funny comedian and the brilliant piano player.  We ended the night in the Golden Lion, a karaoke with nut case Laura, the presenter in charge.  She sure puts a smile on your face.

Alas, the seas are building up again, as we try to make up for lost time and maintain our speed, we are bouncing about and it is going to be another rocky night.