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If your happy with your choice that's all that matters .

You said you booked with H X and if I was you a review would be left on their site . I that's how they treat you when booking ,then imagine any damage or complaint post cruise ? You are well out of it !

Just had a guy come and fix a leak on our gutter and vac and clean all the rubbish out that collects in them. There was a fair bit as well . Whilst the sun has decided to come out Mrs K is cutting the grass , so that's us all sorted for the next downpour..

Sorry Guys never meant to upset anyone .I just had one those bitter sweet memories that took me back and wishing how Mrs B had not let poor Ringo end up in that state, but I suppose it was love from them not letting go. Once again Soz I never wanted to cause upset 🙂 To lighten the mood ,I had a mate who did not like dogs and told me "they were stupid as he had seen one chase it's tail for over ten minutes " He was the one who stood and watched and he calls the dog stupid 🙃 They can get you into trouble though .. I had the police come knocking on my door to tell me " They had received complaints that my dogs were chasing people on bikes." My dogs didn't even own bikes 🙃

Reading this thread this morning ,shows how even just reading about all of you and your losses can and does bring a lump in my throat . The love ,the loss can be felt even over the internet by us all . We had dogs as I was growing up and others as my kids grew up too and I am proud to say the all broke my heart when they departed this earth but they are with me , especially on days like today . Even a dog that wasn't even mine ,will never leave my thoughts ... It was about 1963 when I was 7 year old that as playing with other kids I grew up with I got to meet RIngo . Think their Mum and dad were Beatles fans . As we grew up Ringo was there by our sides playing in the street or sat on the bankins watching the steam engines roll by . 13-14 years rolled by and us kids had grown up and gone our separate ways in life . One day whilst back at mam & dads I spotted Mrs B and asked about how my old playmates were doing . She said very well but worked away and one was in the forces . I then told her how much I loved playing with their dog Ringo . At this she started to cry and told me he was in a bad way ,cancer and she and her husband had no transport and thought he may pass away but just kept getting worse as time went by . I put her in my car and drove her home and had a cuppa with her and hubby . Ringo was on a rug under the kitchen sink and was whimpering a lot and visible sores on his body . He sniffed my hand and tried to come to me , he had remembered me . After a while I said "this dog was part of my childhood and I can see he is in a lot of pain ,just as you two are watching him suffer . "Will you take him for us they said both crying ?" Sure and I will stay with him . At the Vets I told them what had happened and they could see Ringo in pain and they put him to sleep in my arms, he looked so peaceful . A minute or so later gave him the rainbow jab where he took his last breath ,still in my arms . The good thing was Ringo was not in any pain no more . Never will I forget Ringo my childhood playmate .

Michelle, so sad but the right thing ,you have kept him away from pain and suffering . He is locked in your heart and mind forever just like in that photo. Big Hug from the Kalos family ,you take care 🙂

The worst thing that kills for pleasure has to be human ,safaris etc . As for cats they unlike dogs refuse to show the police where the drugs are stashed 🙃

Do we have a name to look out for in the runners ? Please tell me it isn't called Lizzo 🙃 Will look out for it hope it runs like Paddington 🙂

P&O say If your query is of an urgent nature, or if you depart within the next 48 hours, please call our Contact Centre on 0344 338 8003 I don't use your TA but they do have urgent no on web site and web chat maybe get them to contact you . As Megga B said we cannot put other TA 's info on here .

Don't think it's just HX ..Buck com and the rest, I find 9 out of 10 you pay more . Just did a dummy booking with a hotel chain up near Man airport . The booking site wanted £84 with a breakfast for 2 of us . Meanwhile the hotel direct booking wanted £57.38 for the exact same thing . I always check the comparison between HX and others but find a better deal most times going direct .

Sheff Wed and Southampton start the championship off Friday night . Just saw your post Bob 🙂

A bit damp this morning out there and I guess more of it to come today. As for Yorkshire only having three ridings, I guess it's because the best things come in three's anyway but we had to change to NSEW compass bearings, ready for the invention of the Sat Nav ,for people who came to visit us. Really we have always been advanced and ready for the future ! Back in 1969 a Cornish geologist found after digging 20ft down, copper wire and he posted in the Cornish weekly that "he believed it to be part of an ancient telephone system, proving 1,000 of years ago they had telephones. A few years later a similar study was done in Lancashire but they had to dig down 30 ft and a group of geologists wrote in the Red Rose weekly that ... " Had also found what they believed it to be part of an ancient telephone system, proving 1,000 of years ago they also had telephones in Lancashire ." Years passed and in 2020 a Yorkshire miner who had taken up geology after the pit closures dug down over 1000 ft but in his words found "Nowt/Naff all" He then wrote in Yorkshire Weekly " That there could only be one explanation and that was Yorkshire, over a 1,000 years ago had gone onto wireless telephones ! " Have a good day 🙂

Using the address given Scragg hill I Google mapped it on satellite view and this is what came up minus the shed 1 bit of address , could this be it ? I dunno ,so not for me .. https://www.google.com/maps/search/Scragg+Hill+Botley+Road,+North+Baddesley,+Southampton,+England,+SO52+9DD/@50.9837106,-1.4515419,116m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu

All this superstition about good luck and white rabbits . Here we are on a cruise site , Google "why not to say white rabbits on a ship" Just off to chuck some salt over my shoulder and try not to break any mirrors 😉

When you look on the site at Q&A What happens when I arrive ? Their answer is ..." easy as 123" Where the car is kept "Somewhere on our land in Southampton " I am wary of meet and greets at the best of times but look forward to your review if your using them Andy .

Morning 14.c and now the month of August ! That means the football season is back in town, where we can shout and moan at our teams for another year 🤨 Later today I will settle down and watch the Lionesses play China and may the best team win providing it's us 🙂 I hope I don't get carried away and start shouting at the telly things like ...chicken , turkey ,duck ..I hate using fowl language 😉 Have a good day 🙂

Glad to read you had a great time , I remember you posting "Had you done the right thing booking that cruise ?" Well now you have your answer 😄 Hope you enjoy your next two !

It's not so much the blue light that keeps me awake but the police dog barking and the cops radio 's going full bare that does me .😉

Morning everyone hope your all ok 🙂 Talking of sleep (or the lack of it for some ) I used to be up at 4am for my work and to this day I will still wake up at this time and then spend another hour dozing . Same as Phil I used to get where I couldn't get work out of my head and would dream about work. These days as I told my friend Barry ,when I try to go to sleep and I close my eyes all I can see is this woman and she's got no clothes on . He asked me had I seen a doctor ? No Just the woman with no clothes ! I find some people who can't sleep are advised have a quick nap in the afternoon . This to me is bad advice ,especially if your travelling down the motorway at 70 mph and your the driver . Whoever came up with the idea try counting sheep is a daft idea . Got up drove to where there was some sheep, drove back home got in bed and I did not feel tired at all, plus I forgot how many sheep there was ,so had to go back to count them again .😉 Take care n have a good one 🙂

No good ! Just like a dog its all or nothing ! 🙂

Hope you are all having a nice chilled laid back Sunday , Came across this and would like to share with you 🙂 .... If you can start the day without caffeine, If you can always be cheerful, ignoring your aches and pains, If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles, If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it, If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time, If you can take criticism and blame without resentment, If you can conquer tension without medical help, If you can relax without a beer ,wine or any other alcohol, If you can sleep without the aid of drugs, Then You Are Probably .............. ......................... The Family Dog ! And you thought I was going to get all spiritual as it's a Sunday 😉🙃

Don't we all but for different reasons ,you do your best and that's good enough for me , I will not judge you ,promise. Let them who think they are super clean ,cast the first bug 😉 As I have posted before we have to hope others are as clean well but as I have seen, not just in the buffet , incidents in the mdr as well , but we are talking of washing hands . Using the VENTURA as an example , other posters have said ,people walk through the buffet, using the walk way , just getting from A to B so hard to work out ,who's done what. Go down to deck 5 Cinnamon , how many people do you see ,nipping into the loo's at the entrance wash their hands , or do they maybe go for a bit of Gel as they do up in the buffet ? I use both venues for info. Take care !

This guy made a film about his boarding a month ago ... https://youtu.be/FILj4h6LTCE?t=54

Me too ,trying to board after it's left can only lead to wet feet and other things 🙃😉

Dayuse.co.uk may be of use to some of you ? https://www.dayuse.co.uk/s/united-kingdom/england/southampton/southampton?selectedAddress=Southampton&sluggableAddress=Southampton&checkinDate=2023-07-29