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It's a hybrid. Roughly 60 miles of electric range from a full charge. We can charge it in our garage from the mains at cheap overnight rate or from our solar panels on a sunny day. Went to Norwich today. 150 mile round trip used all the electric plus 11 litres of petrol. The electric used cost about the same as 3 litres of petrol. So as a cost equivalent that equals about 50mpg. Obviously, journeys up to 60 miles will cost in electric the equivalent of 3 litres or about £4.50. Or less if solar. But, more importantly, it pushes out 489 bhp and goes like a scalded cat! It's a BMW X5 X-drive 50e M Sport.

In good old British fashion the heavens decided to open extravagantly today when we picked up the new car. Anyway, here she is before getting coated in mud on the way home:

Oh no. Confronting self-entitled misanthropes is much more satisfying.

It strikes me as odd that a so-called 6 star line should expect its customers to arrange their own Blacklane transfers when they are supposed to be part of the package. Surely the SS admin should be handling these things.

Djokovic failed in his Escape from Alcaraz.

Perfect for informal nights in Atlantide.

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That's why we always make a travel list: Tickets, passport, visa, credit card, 50 cal machine gun.

I tried that. They sent me away to put trousers, shirt and jacket on.

The sort of people who would unplug your life-support machine so they could charge their 'phone.

Bet they had unpolished shoes.

No need. They have jemmies in Canada, right?

Yep, that's just the thing to visit before getting back on your cruise ship! Incidentally - true fact (is there any other kind?) - when we boarded the Silver Spirit for our first ever cruise in 2013 the PA system was playing a muted instrumental version of the theme from the Titanic movie.

That's fine. Apparently there's a spare apartment available during next year's world cruise.

Weird place to have a jigsaw puzzle.

Ronald Reagan was your shirt maker? Respect.

A priest, a rabbi, an imam and a Shaolin monk walk into a bar. They have a really nice evening because most people don't want conflict.

Thanks. Long way for me to go for a tin of polish, though 😄 I use Herring's shoe cream. It leaves a lovely finish. Kiwi, as UK ex-military will attest, is the product of choice for "bulling" shoes DMS and boots DMS.

If only they did it properly.

Just another observation that is a sign of the times perhaps: Kiwi have stopped making shoe polish. I know! While I don't use Kiwi, preferring shoe cream, brush, duster and elbow grease, it's sad that so few people either don't polish their shoes, don't own polishable shoes, or both. Am I the only one left who polishes shoes each time they've been worn?

I can be. Oh, you mean the white DJ thing...

And to cap it all I've even seen men in white dinner jackets (tuxedos) outside the tropics! Now that really is the end of days.

Me neither. I just borrow my wife's.

Canada.

The Flan railway is just pie in the sky.