Once again a lovely day, we woke early to see Queen Victoria following us up to Southampton. I’m not sure where she has been but apparently we are sailing “in tandem” all the way home. 
It seems strange to get up early, reserve a sun-bed and then fall asleep in the sun, but that is exactly what we did today. After breakfast we walked over the sun-decks and found two seats in a good position with no towel covering. We lay here for all of the morning and I must admit as my eyes closed every now and then to falling asleep. Tonight was the last formal night of the cruise and we had booked a table at XVII, but were thinking of cancelling as we have eaten far too much rich food. I overheard a couple next to us discussing booking the restaurant but they had been told it was full, I was able to go to the desk with the man and pass over our reservation. It was at this stage they informed me that it was their wedding anniversary. Perhaps that was supposed to happen!!
The quiz was on at lunchtime and we did well gaining five bonus points for knowing that Nick Cave fronted The Bad Seeds, and thus winning today by six clear points. I think we are back in the lead now!!! We did lose out on another five points by not knowing ‘Who had a number 58 hit in 1986 with the Annie Lennox song “No More I Love You”'?’ Luckily no-one else knew either!!
We went to the early theatre show, a production number entitled ‘New York Rhythms’. I enjoyed it although Sylvia thought it was weak,a couple of technical hitches didn't help the situation. We ate in the main dining room with two other couples one from County Durham and one from Nottingham. The Nottingham man, Colin, had worked briefly for the Co-op dairy and knew my first boss, Bob Bracegirdle. Another instance of a small world. A nice touch at the end of the meal, we were all presented with a set of menus from the voyage in a presentation folder.
The Queen Victoria was still there as the day drew to a close, tomorrow I will give my summary of the holiday.
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