Day 12,

we made landfall, 

in Gibraltar, so some time onshore, 

our ship on the right, 

into a mini bus and we were off,

past a man made waterfall, it is the waste water outlet from the rocks desalination plant, water is forced through a semi-permeable membrane, this process removes up to 99% of dissolved minerals, salts, heavy metals, and microbes, resulting in highly clean water used for drinking, aquariums, and industrial application, the water is known as RO water, the waste water now has all of the dissolved minerals, salts, heavy metals, and microbes that were taken from the original water and returned to the sea down this waterfall, onboard the ship the same process is used to that all tap water onboard is safe to drink, and soap goes twice as far, as the water is so soft in the bath or shower, 

we made our way to this mosque, notable because if you look instead of a crescent moon above it, the mosque has a full moon, the full moon above the Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque at Europa Point is a representation of a "closed crescent". Instead of a theological distinction, this symbol was chosen to denote it as a royal mosque, a design choice commissioned by King Fahd of Saudi Arabia to signify his title as Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques,

we made our way to the light house,

a couple of poses, 

on the way back, 

then to somewhere on the rock we have not been to before, there are over 150 caves in the rock, but the most famous is St. Michael's Cave, a stunning, illuminated natural limestone cavern used as an auditorium,

the cave has so many huge stalagmites and stalactites, with a technicolour light show constantly changing the look of them,

this one with just a floodlight, 

time for a pose, 

or two, 

I was snapping away as usual, 

but also taking time out, 

to be amazed, 

selfie time!

again,

the cave was huge, 

and so nicely illuminated, 

the system was so big there was a auditorium where you could watch the light show, 

absolutely amazing, 

a pose by the now derelict cable car, it is being replaced as the old one was too small and resulted in queues more than a few hours long every day,

I am keeping elbows on the rail, 

it is a sheer drop and it made me a tad 'unsettled' shall we say, 

back on ground level, 

and into the mini bus, 

it was a very early start and rather than have a rushed breakfast we ate when we came back onboard, 

then out with the cards, 

in the evening a special treat, it was nearly Diana's birthday, 

so a meal in the Ocean Grill,

lobster for Diana,

a steak for myself,

birthday girl,

it all looked and was delicious,

on to deserts,

with a 'Cheers!',

finishing with a coffee, after which a show and a nightcap before we were off to bed, back to the UK after dropping Diana off at work, I called into Marks & Spencer's for a few bits and pieces, before driving home, next a day in the back garden,

 before my evening read and sherry,

for this evening a cold half of a chicken, the foxes will have a few bits and pieces of left overs tomorrow, 'Cheers!', after the usual Outback Opal Hunters I decided on a film, 

Rampage, a sci-fi, from the blurb:

'When three different animals become infected with a dangerous pathogen, a primatologist and a geneticist team up to stop them from destroying Chicago',  

a good fun, action, (most of the time), easy to watch monster flic, as it ended Diana arrived home so a coffee and a chat about our plans for tomorrow, after which we were off to bed.

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.