Day 11,

at sea, 

we skipped breakfast, to have a late lunch, so a 'Cheers!', we spent the afternoon in one of the lounges playing cribbage, in the evening off to the restaurant,

for a 3 course meal, our starters,

and main courses, chicken for Diana, 

pork for myself, 

'Cheers!', over our desserts, 

after which into the theatre for 'Blame it on the Boogie', what a great show, I should mention that on our cruise with P & O all theatre shows, and the cinema were all included in the cruise price, as was all of the food except in the Ocean Grill and the Indian restaurant, after the show, you guessed it! up to the Crows Nest for a nightcap before we were off to bed, back in the UK., I had a bit of a busy day, next week our old front door will be removed by a company the specialises in asbestos removal, as the back of our door has a sheet of asbestos on the back of it, so to make sure all goes well I removed all of the fittings except the hinges, 

above are the things that gave me the most trouble, Perko closer, sometimes called a spring chain door closer, the operative word being spring, it is incredibly strong, 

I had to put a small screw driver in one of the links when the door was open then close the door slightly to remove the screws and take it out of the door, the spring was so strong it bent the screw driver, and I had two of them to do!

above I have now removed both of them, next make sure all of the screws that were in the hinges could be unscrewed, since the door was put on at least 42 years ago, they needed a bit of persuasion, 

all are now ready to be easily removed, job done, it was time for my evening meal, for tonight a tuna salad, after the usual Outback Opal Hunters I decided on a film, 

 Kong: Skull Island, we had watched the film before but it was nice to watch it again, almost non-stop action with stunning special effects, I followed that with a film I had watched a little while ago,

 

 Braveheart, as I mentioned I had watched the movie before, it was a almost all action movie, great to watch, but to be fair it was one of the least historically accurate movies that have ever been made, but still enjoyable, trouble was I kept rooting for Longshanks, during the film I popped out to pick up Diana from her late shift, arriving back home we continued to watch the film until it was time for bed.

In The Afternoon I Was Out,

to the doctors surgery,

into a bright blue sky and past the snail mail box, 

and the green, although brown would suit it better!

the graveyard looking nice after a haircut, 

past Gail's in what was the Nat West bank, 

down the steps, one of the shops has invested in a table and chairs as well as 2 umbrellas for their customers, 

past the Travelodge on the corner, and into the doctors for my annual diabetes check up, thankfully all was well, so out and to the other end of town, 

to the war memorial, and into TESCO's for some Butterkist popcorn, that we both like snacking on as we watch a movie, next into Sainsbury's we had to exchange our CO2 cylinder for our soda water, 

then back, as I entered the park going past Foxgrove Lodge,

 a couple of days ago I noticed a lily in flower, what I did not notice,

 

was a white one flowering next to it, 

past the snail mail box and home, then after our evening meal, feet up for a film,

 Tora! Tora! Tora! a film made in 1970 about the lead up to and attack on Pearl Harbour, which was enthralling especially as the film told the story pretty much exactly as it happened, unlike some other films made on the subject, it was a long film which brought us nicely up to the last half of,

The Count of Monte Cristo, which was excellent, we both commented of how lavish the production was, the settings, costumes all first class, after which we were off to bed.

Day 10,

of our cruise, 

another day at sea relaxing and playing cribbage, 

in the evening, 

we hit the main restaurant, Diana's starter, 

and mine,

'Cheers!', another lovely meal and no washing up!

a stroll on deck,

before the evening's show, 

a selfie of both of us, I was explaining to Diana the perfect murder, with no body found, only joking!

looking over the stern, 

after the show up to the crows nest, 

reflections, 

one cocktail, one large spiced rum, 

and a goodnight 'Cheers!',. Back to Blighty, 

first thing we had 3 visitors, 

it looked like the vixen, 

and her 2 cubs, 

they seemed to get on well, 

with no squabbling, then time to go out, 

rather than cook a Sunday lunch we decided on a picnic in the park, 

Diana had bought a new bigger cool box, 

and here it is in action!

we stopped under the shade of one of the trees, the park was remarkably deserted, 

on to the important stuff, the bubbly, check where the cork will land,

easy does it, 

and launch one!

pour, 

and serve, 

'Cheers!',

ah, this is the life,

we were joined by Kai,

all set for a picnic feast!

not another soul here, how strange, 

not to worry plenty of finger food to go round,

a pose from the girls, 

and one from myself, the girls had gone to buy a coffee and also brought a couple of beers for myself, as we had drunk all of the bubbly, we ate, drank and chatted away until the early evening, Kai accompanied us back home for a coffee after she left we had an evening of, 

The Count of Monte Cristo, this the 2024 TV series I think it was, there are so many versions it is easy to confuse then, in any event it was very enjoyable but we did not watch all of it, as Diana had a 04.00AM start so up at 03.00AM we both decided that it was time for bed.