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Day 2. Sea day Good morning. Thanks for following. Pics : from Balcony, our location and bridge cam. Barely any motion of the ocean felt!

Happy to answer questions, ask questions, take pics etc. Linda

Pillow chocs! Today's Today. Watched the show which was streamed live into the room.

The Library. Had to hunt for it. At least the books are real this trip! There's no signage as to the categories.

This is Fordy. We became friends on our previous outing on Adventure. His identity remains a secret. He got a well deserved promotion!! 👏👏

My day. My evening. Pimm's!! Dinner tonight. I get to choose my GF menu for tomorrow from the regular menu; I cannot describe my joy at having a pre-order dessert menu! I will work my way down that extensive list!

We were on our balcony waving/taking pics/video!!

More sailaway pics. HMS Victory, Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar; HMS Warrior, a quantum leap in warship technology, she rendered all other warships redundant; the dome encloses the Mary Rose museum.... Henry VIII's vessel that capsized and drowned 4/500 crew; Spinnaker Tower; Martello Tower in the distance, Napoleonic era.

Link to my 1st live feed here

We're under way! Pics from the bus until now. Barely queued in the terminal! Very efficient check in process. Ins certs not required. Geoff's cases just arrived post muster. I'm fully unpacked!

Arrived Portsmouth. Baggage taken from car. We stay in car. Lovely driver Paul deals with porters. Drive 30 yards where we get out. Currently waiting for Geoff. Ship is quite a way away. We are to be bussed there apparently. Little shop in lobby

Competition time. How long will it take for me to lose my key card? 15 minutes away from Portsmouth.

Chieveley Services 2nd stop. Fab weather. Clear roads.

First stop. Tibshelf Services M1 South. Travelling with Kath who also used to be a teacher! She's part of a 45 strong Bridge players group! I don't play.

Day 1 Car arrived on the dot. En route to pick someone else up. Now on A1

I always take my passport ashore and leave the copy in the safe. If I get stranded a copy isn't going to get me anywhere!

Am keeping my fingers crossed at checkin!!

Good morning and ahoy there! Setting this up for my long day tomorrow travelling to embark Spirit of Adventure. We booked this cruise by default back in July last year. We'd been booked to go to South America earlier this year with Saga but due to concerns about the strict Covid protocols at that time that cruise was cancelled. This cruise fit our criteria of visiting places we'd not been to before and we decided to move over with some compensation rather than cancel with full refund. Here is our itinerary : 09/10 Embark 13/10 Gibraltar 16/10 Syracuse, Sicily 18/10 Dubrovnik, Croatia 19/10 Split, Croatia 20/10 Rovinj, Croatia 21/10 Marghera for Venice 22/10 Zadar, Croatia 25/10 Cagliari, Sardinia 28/10 Lisbon 31/10 Disembark We've booked a cross section of Saga's included and paid for excursions and independent ones. I'm being picked up in Teesside tomorrow morning around 7am. This time it's a shared car and another passenger is being picked up about 15 minutes away. My friend Geoff is in Surrey and will be picked up around 1pm. This facility is so much appreciated by me as getting to Portsmouth, even the day before, with luggage, is not something I'd envisage lightly! Would really appreciate your support and follow!! Very happy to answer questions, take specific pics for you and will post videos when I can. I'm so looking forward to being back on SoA again. For those who followed my last adventure on Adventure there will be crafts involved!! Apparently felting isn't being offered this time!! Phew!!

Am being picked up before 0800 in Teesside. I believe someone further away is being picked up before me. I'd prefer to give the driver a rest break opportunity. There is always somewhere on board between meals to grab a bite. That particular facility is my downfall 😉

Hi. In the final paperwork they ask if you have more than one case to let them know so they can communicate this to the driver as it may impact on the vehicle they use. Requires a phone call as there's no opportunity to advise them online.

Sorted. Rang them. Super service as always. The only explanation she could give was that when I added luggage the system recalculated...... being sent a zero balance owing invoice.

Hi. Can someone please point me in the direction of T&C for car share. The cost of mine has gone up since final payment. Thanks.

Yup! Will set up the blog here on Sunday ready for Monday. So excited! 😉😀

We had no trouble being seated at a table for two whenever we wanted. As previously stated seating in the grill is quite close.

I found the answer to my question! Their schedule includes Discovery another time but not Adventure.