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  1. Morning everyone,

     

    Had a lovely afternoon and evening at my daughter's BBQ. Three of my other children (they're adults but still act like children when they're togother) were there too, so was nice to catch up!

     

    A bright sunny day here again, althoug not expected to be as warm as yesterday. Will make the most of it as rain is forecast for tomorrow.

     

    Watched the second half of Eurovision too, but though a lot of the performances were OTT with the stage effects!

     

    Looked out from time to time during the night but didn't manage to see the NL.

     

    Hope you all enjoy your Sunday.

     

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  2. I had/have insurance with our bank and have got a policy booklet which covers all the required information as well as a letter.

    I have had to take out a seperate insurance, as the bank will not cover my medical condition. With that insurance I have printed out the relevant details and downloaded the whole policy on to my ipad.

     

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  3. 28 minutes ago, Eglesbrech said:

    A discussion on another thread has reminded me of a bit of nostalgia. Do you remember going to new ports and the welcome you got back when ships were seen as a very welcome addition to the local economy.

     

    The first time we went to Cartagena we were given a flower from ladies in costume and there was a band.

     

    Frederica we had music, costumes and were given sweets.


    One port in Iceland, I can’t remember which, gave us some sort of soused fish. I don’t recall the port but the fish was shall we say unique.

     

    Closer to home in the early days Invergorden put on a full pipe band and highland dancers (don’t know if that was the local chamber of commerce or Celebrity).

     

    Any memorable “welcomes”

    On our first visit to Maderia we were welcomed by dancers in their national costumes and a band playing.

     

    Granada has had a steel band playing.

     

    Norway seem to be more pleased to see us depart as several ports there play music and wave flags as we leave!

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  4. Morning everyone,

    Hope you're all well.

    Bright, sunny day and currently 14c with expected temp of 19c.

    Had a text message from my daughter yesterday saying she's doing a BBQ on Saturday and inviting us over.  I asked if she wanted me to bring anything, and got a reply at half six this morning could I make a pudding. So a baking day is now on the cards.

    Have a good day, enjoy the sunshine and take care.

     

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  5. 19 minutes ago, P&O SUE said:

    Evening all, my weekend went downhill after Saturday. From Sunday onwards I’ve had a horrible stomach bug, goodness knows where I got that from, John is ok 🤷‍♀️ I was so looking forward to the long weekend but I’ve done nothing except sleep and read. 
    Back to work today but I worked from home cos I’m still not right. Sadly couldn’t visit mum today because I didn’t want to risk passing it onto her. They had a VE Day thing there and we were hoping to catch the end of it which was a singer. Mum enjoyed it anyway. 

    Sorry to hear this, hope you feel better soon.

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  6. 46 minutes ago, Windsurfboy said:

     

    Please let us know how you get on. Does it exist do many people leave books

    I was on Arvia at Easter and as I had taken books with me to read, didn't check it out till nearer the end of the cruise. There were quite a few books when I went to leave mine. I took one and returned it a couple of days later and there were a lot more then. Obviously a lot of people, like me, were not taking books that had been read home. Therefore, I should imagine if there would be quite a selection at the beginning of the cruise too.

  7. 50 minutes ago, the wandering two said:
    53 minutes ago, the wandering two said:

    Due to board Iona on Saturday, we're Mediterranean tier & been given 3.15 check in.

    Doesn't seem to be any sort of pattern as we've had earlier times on previous sailings, regardless hope to be on for lunchtime, yes it's a seven night cruise but with these timings it's a 61/2 day cruise! 

     

    20 minutes ago, AndyMichelle said:

    Good luck, you may be lucky but we wasn't last week. 

    They say it is allocated by floor, we were deck 8 on Britannia with a 3.15 boarding time, so I assume it goes from top to bottom. 

    We tried our luck but had to wait, so no complaints here, we knew the rules. 

    Andy 

    Due to board Iona on Saturday, we're Mediterranean tier & been given 3.15 check in.

    Doesn't seem to be any sort of pattern as we've had earlier times on previous sailings, regardless hope to be on for lunchtime, yes it's a seven night cruise but with these timings it's a 61/2 day cruise! 

    There is no logic!

    We are in the Mediterranean tier and were on deck 14 on Arvia at Easter and our boarding time was 3.30 pm.

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  8. Thanks for your review, and glad to hear that you all had a good time.

    I too enjoyed Iona, but as it was shortly after the pandemic, so she was only sailing half full and certain corridors were closed off for quarantine.  I would like to sail on her again though. Just wish she had a more varied itineries.

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  9. Been to Truro and back already this morning, as son needed a lift into work. Also stopped at The Range on my way home to pick up one or two things we needed. Now sitting with a cup of coffee before getting on with the rest of the day's chores. 

    Not sure what our weather is going to do as we had rain overnight, and it still looks very dark although there is blue sky and sunny spells. It's supposed to be sunny with a high of 14c, but we will see!

     

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  10. 1 hour ago, kalos said:

    Morning a busy day doing little yesterday apart from awaiting text messages 

    from the granddaughter who had took our 8 month old to the hozzi on the 

    advice of NHS-111.

    She had been stressed two days and yesterday refused drinks and came out

    a rash.

    Even on a bank holiday they had to wait 3 hours to be seen by doctors,

    Who after ruling out the rash as nothing nasty put the baby on 

    antibiotics for a Strep throat , which can be common they said when babys 

    are teething .

    Anyway The granddaughter rang us to say ,babys now settled, sleeping and

    eating and seems to be happy.

    That news made us feel happy as well.

    Hope you all have a lovely day -Take care 🙂

    Glad to hear the baby's OK.

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  11. Morning all,

    Bright and sunny down here and although a cool 8c at present expected to rise to 15c. 

    Need to post some birthday card to friends I was at school with and a trip out to Penzance to get some shopping, but nothing else planned. Although one of my daughter's and I were discussing, a few weeks ago, about having a BBQ if the bank holiday weekend was nice, but will see!

    Hope everyone has an enjoyable weekend, whatever you have planned.

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  12. 14 minutes ago, SarahHben said:

    I'm envious of those of you with sparse brows, I'm constantly trying to tame mine. I have mine waxed but my skin is sensitive and I have red lines above and below my brows for 24 hours after each waxing 😏

    My mum was in hospital this week having a spine decompression and disc removal op and dad stayed near the hospital which was over an hour away so I stayed at theirs and looked after their pampered cats. Having nothing to do for 3 days was very strange but I actually managed to  finish compiling a photo book of our Canaries Cruise last summer, just in time with only 4 weeks until our Norway cruise later this month ☺️

    Wishing your Mum well.

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