We are both less than 100% today and had a restless night. Lyn woke at 6am and went outside to get some fresh air. The ship was scheduled to leave at 8am after last night's delay due to necessary repairs. But it was announced that an ambulance was on its way and there would be another hour's delay. Then another announcement informed us that they were now waiting for a second ambulance and if it arrived soon we would be clear to leave. It took some time and just as it arrived the captain announced that the Port Authority had decided that our pilot was to be taken to another ship that was waiting to be escorted in through the channel. We saw no evidence that another ship was coming in.
Finally we left our berth at 10:30am and many people lined the portside rails to watch the ship move sideways at a perfect angle. The captain gave 3 long blasts on the ship's horns as we left to signify the three delays we had this morning. It was a lovely sunny day and people enjoyed watching the Queen glide quietly out through the channel. We saw 6 dolphins examine the ship and numerous cormorants tried to impede our bow. The captain gave the three blast signal three more times as we left.
They probably do not have many cruise ships call here, so a news helicopter circled us twice to get footage of the grande dame.
The pilot climbed onto his tender and gave us a wave before heading for a car carrying ship coming in.
We wandered around the ship and saw people playing shuffle board:
The pilot climbed onto his tender and gave us a wave before heading for a car carrying ship coming in.
We wandered around the ship and saw people playing shuffle board:
Every day they give us a list of activities to join in. Very extensive:
We had a lazy day as we were recovering from our cold. Hope tomorrow is better. The weather at sunset was perfectly clear and we saw big rolling waves hitting us from the south west, causing a pitching movement, but the stabilisers are preventing any roll.
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