Day 5,

we spent the day at sea, 

looking at land that we were passing, 

and playing cribbage in one of the lounges, 

in the evening a treat, 

we had booked a table at the Indian restaurant on board, a few poppadom's,

as we pursed the menu, 

wine ordered, 

and a cocktail for Diana,

it was a tad spicy, 

with a red pepper split in half as a garnish,

'Cheers!',

as our,

main courses arrived, 

and another, 

all at sea in a Indian restaurant, 

eyes down and tuck in!

to our desserts, 

I have forgotten what they were but they were nice, 

all of this deck walking again got too much for me!

in the evening a great show, 

as its name implies The Tap Chaps put on a great show of tap dancing, in fact they were really so good, after which a nightcap in the bar before we were both off to bed, back to the UK. At lunch time Diana was off to work, a late shift today, for myself I started sorting through the hundreds of photographs I took on our cruise, and there were hundreds, every day! in the evening,

 time for my read and sherry, 

followed by a king prawn salad that Diana had left for me, 'Cheers!',

after which a treat, one of the speciality ports that Rainham Steve had bought for me on my birthday, delicious! next a film which I had seen before, but I do like films made in this time period,

 The Other Boleyn Girl, which I enjoyed watching again, I followed that with 

Venom: Let There Be Carnage, we both enjoyed the first Venom and I liked watching this one again, I then stubbled on a Mount of Monte Cristo, 

The Count of Monte Cristo (TV Mini Series 2024), and watched one episode which I really enjoyed watching again, I might even buy the series so that Diana and myself can watch them together, I rounded off my evening with,

Titanic: Dead Reckoning, it appears for years much of the blame was put on the wrong captain, a very enjoyable if somewhat sad to watch documentary showing how blinded both the original US and UK enquires were and rushed to a totally wrong conclusion, after which Diana arrived home from work, so a Mrs. Brown's Boys it was before we were off to bed.

The Day Had A Good Start,

one of the foxes,

brought her cub with her, much to the annoyance of the crows, who made a dreadful racket, 

the youngster was very shy,

the slightest noise and he made a run for the hedge, 

waited for some time but seeing the parent unfazed, came back to enjoy the peanuts, at lunch time I dropped Diana off at work, during the day I played with some Avery labels that I will use if I actually sell any prints of my photographs, which brought me up to my evening,

sherry and read, 

followed by a crab stick salad, after which a WWII I had not seen before, 

Sailor of the King, not actually based on a true story, but entertaining neither the less, unusual as the film had 2 alternate endings, after a Canal Boat Diaries, 

a film I had watched and enjoyed before, The Man Who Knew Infinity, a biopic about Srinivasa Ramanujan and his massive contribution to mathematics and science, nicely told and as near to the events that happened as far as I can tell, to give you some idea of his work, a diary of his was found that he wrote in the last year of his life, 100 years later modern day astronomers are using the mathematical formula found in it to understand more about black holes, what an amazing man and film, after which Diana arrived home, so feet up for a coffee and a chat as we watched a New Tricks, before we were off to bed.

Day 4,

after breakfast, 

up to the 10th floor, a look at the front of the vessel, 

we were both enjoying the trip so much,

Diana said I just had to have a pose,

or two,

before lunch, 

in the afternoon, by sheer happenstance one of my favorite films was showing, The Grand Budapest Hotel,

we ordered tickets, nothing to pay but the cinema is a tad small, so booking a couple of seats the day before or the same morning is essential,

we settled in, all of the seats taken, but alas with a overhead projector the film was very dark even having seen it so many times before, a lot of the detail was cut, and not having subtitles did not help, the result at the end of the film there were more empty seats than occupied ones,

but that did not put us off of our evening meal,

I have forgotten what starters we ordered,

a 'Cheers!', from Diana, not that she drinks wine,

our main courses arrived, as previous meals in the restaurant they were delicious, 

'Cheers!',

desserts with coffee and mint chocolates, 

then a few ZZZZZZ's for me, all of that walking around the deck was catching up with me, well that is my excuse and I am sticking with it!

time for the evening show, 

again a Baileys for Diana and a spiced rum for myself, 

Diana made a short video, after the show a walk looking at the late sunset and we were off to bed, back to the UK. At midday I dropped Diana off at work, then called into Marks & Spencers for some smoked salmon and prawns, more salads as it is going to be a tad warm for the next week or so, in the afternoon I started making enquiries about flights for my upcoming photo workshop in Nambiar, it is not until October, but I always believe in booking flights earlier rather than later, also I ordered some cards for my new photography website, 

the front,

and back, next on the list, contact the sash cord replacement company to have a chat about replacing the broken sash cords on 6 of our windows, they are I am guessing all of the same age, so in the past 2 years or so one on each window has failed, bearing in mind they have never been replaced since I bought the place in 1983, and even then they were old, so it is not too bad that so many have now failed, in the evening a crab stick salad that Diana had left for me, with all of this healthy food, salads, I am looking forward to a roast on Sunday, after which the usual Outback Opal Hunters and Deadliest Catch before a Midsomer Murder, after which I was off to pick up Diana from her late shift, arriving home we looked at my proposed flight with Lufthansa, from London to Windhoek, the capital of Nambiar, where the workshop starts and ends, after which we were off to bed.