Day Eleven [Part Two] – At Sea.

As  I explained in my earlier post we did not stop in Korcula due to high winds, it was disappointing as the place looked lovely as I hope you will see from the few photos we took from the ship. Although very windy this morning the skies were clear and it looked set to be a nice day at sea. The entertainments team who were probably looking forward to a morning off, rapidly put together a programme to keep occupied 3000 disgruntled passengers. These included another Tate lecture [The Eastern Influence on Art] another lecture from the Red Arrows man and a series of deck games for lunchtime.

As lunchtime approached so the skies got greyer and it started to rain, for the first time on this cruise almost all the passengers were in the ship off the decks. It was very busy everywhere you went. A few moans and groans were heard as we passed tables in the dining room but you can’t do anything about the weather. I did overhear someone threatening to sue P&O for missing the port this morning…SAD!!!

As it was a sea day now, the quiz was back on. At the start the quizmaster announced the three leading positions with our team [naturally called “The Village People”] in second place two points behind The Seasiders , who appeared not to be present today. A chance to establish a lead! Unfortunately not, they had arrived late and, getting the same number of points as us, maintained their lead. We sat with our Irish colleagues for about an hour chatting about our respective families and careers and then stayed to play Killer Darts once again. No luck this time.Tonight’s show was “Blame It On the Boogie”, a mix of 70s tunes from Disco through The Carpenters to Tommy. Once again a high energy performance well received by the audience. Of particular note was the acrobatic female dancer who performed amazingly. Now for two more days at sea before Gibraltar on Sunday.

The pictures are just some images of Croatia as we passed by this morning.