For those of you who don’t know, today is our 40th wedding anniversary and we are at sea, somewhere between Grand Turk and St Maarten. For some reason the whole ship seemed to wake up late and the usual crowd who muster for a full English at around 08.00 were all nearly an hour late. Could be something to do with the fact that we put the clocks forward an hour last night, coupled with the fact that it’s Sunday.
We started the day with tea in bed, which I made ........again, although Maureren may dispute that. We then opened our anniversary cards, of which there were many... thank you all.
After a quick shower of rain, the sun started to shine through, so up to the sun deck for some Sunday worship. At 11.30, there was an interview with Captain Haimish Reid, which was one of the best things we’ve attended in years. This guy has taken the political correctness handbook and thrown it away. Considering he’s one of P&O’s most senior captains, he has a total disregard for PC and simply says things as they are. His interests outside being a sea Captain are: farming sheep, keeping horses, carriage riding, starting a holiday let business on his farm and most bizarrely of all, he has 13 lions on his farm!!
Following on from the captains interview, we returned to the cabin and spent a couple of hours on the balcony, soaking up some more rays. At 2.00pm we went to the East Restaurant for a late lunch with the young couple whom we share the dinner table with. We all enjoyed a superb Asian meal; a blend of different cultures all rolled into one delicious meal.
Then back to the sundeck to soak up the last couple of hours of tanning sunlight. Today is another formal dress evening, so an extra 10 mins to get ready for dinner. As it’s our Ruby Anniversary, we decided to have another formal picture done on the staircase of the Atrium. Copies will be available at a moderate price when we return. Advanced orders will attract a 10% discount, as will cash and bulk purchase.
Dinner this evening was not with the riff raff (regular table sharers excluded), but in the Marco Pierre White restaurant on board. Absolutely fantastic food and premium service. We both started with Crab Linguini, followed by medallions of beef for me and chicken with a walnut sauce for Maureen. For desert we had Mascarpone crème Brule and raspberry soufflé. In between courses were various nibbles and right at the beginning we had a Bellini, just to set the tone of the proceedings. Once the waiter knew it was our anniversary, he produced a piece of chocolate torte on a plate with congratulations written across the plate in chocolate. A nice gesture. A new world Merlot accompanied dinner as did as a cognac and all for the princely sum of £20 per head. We may well go back for another session!!
We had intended to watch a Tommy Cooper tribute act, but by the time we reached to club, there were no seats available, so of to bed for an early night. Bye Bye.
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