Tuesday, June 2, 2015
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It was very rough last night and very rough this morning.
The TV says the wind is Full Gale force at over 40-some knots, but shows the
seas as moderate, 8.2 feet. I can tell you they are the largest waves and
swells we have seen so far, so that can’t be right. We were only making 13 as
ship’s speed early this morning and are up to 15.2 knots now at 10am. I think
we are going to have to find a way to pick up speed to make Southampton on
schedule. According to the map, we look
to be about an hour from rounding Land’s End and turning. I have every hope
that conditions will change for the better then!
I slept in again and really did not want to get up or stay
upright. I insisted on breakfast in the GDR since it is lower. It wasn’t any
smoother than our cabin, but I have to assume it wasn’t as rocking as deck 12. I
forgot to put my seabands on after dressing. Clay bravely went back to the
cabin to get them for me!
Right now Clay is asleep on the loveseat. We got our blog
postings updated and email since Internet was back this morning and actually
quite fast. In Montreal, the day before turnaround, the Internet was so bogged
down as to be unusable with everyone trying to do online airline checkin and
boarding pass printing 24 hours in advance.
This morning we found new keycards for the remainder of the
cruise to June 17. We also found a list of our specialty dining reservations
for the next cruise segment.
At 10:30am, they finally updated the sea conditions report on
the TV to 21.3 feet. We both agree that the wave heights appear at least 1/3
smaller now than they were earlier this morning. The wind speed is Fresh Gale
at just over 40. We are now making 16.2 knots. So, it seems that things are
getting marginally better. But, you’d have to be paying close attention to find
the improvements!
At noon, the Captain announced pretty much what I have
already reported except he said he expected to be in Southampton an hour early
and said we are in the English Channel. I was overly optimistic about rounding
Land’s End. We only made the turn about 12:30pm. We did survive lunch on deck
12 in Terrace. But just barely. One lurch threw a large new waitress against my
chair, myself and the table and it was nearly a catastrophe! Terrace had my
favorite little triangle toasted ham & cheese sandwiches. Perfect for a
queasy day. The problem was that the chips we bought at Tesco were in the
cabin. Once again, Clay rode to my rescue and brought chips up for me. Now, it
was my perfect lunch. Clay had a tougher time putting together a lunch and he
did not get satisfaction but had an ice cream cone to finish.
We got a letter today from the purser letting us again know
that due to the Code Red GI outbreak that we were required to be off the ship
and cannot return until afternoon. Last turnaround day in Montreal, we had a
couple of letters/cards inviting us to RSVP for lunch in Jacques. This time we
are not invited to be onboard for lunch at all!
The weather and sea conditions did get better during the
afternoon, as the Captain promised at noon. We watched 2 movies on TV. Beyond
the Reach and Big Eyes. Strange. There was an afternoon popcorn movie, but we saw
it last time they showed it. The Grand Budapest Hotel. There were 2 lectures
today but we didn’t go. Clay went up and photographed the Gala Tea but we
neither wanted to go. We both feel like we’ve eaten so many mediocre desserts
and wasted so many calories. Clay asked me this morning if meals were ever this
monotonous and the same on our long Regent cruises. I guess the answer is no.
He had memorized the Terrace cheese rotation. When I insisted on GDR this
morning, he missed brie. Geez!
We’ll go to Terrace for dinner and nowhere after. Tonight
they have a Scottish Comedian, Anthony Scott. No idea why since we have no port
stops or even canceled port stops in Scotland on Marina. Anyway, we’ll skip
that too. We’ll probably go to bed early since we have to be up and off the
ship by 7:30am tomorrow. We are sharing a car tour to Salisbury and Stonehenge
from Southampton tomorrow with a couple we met on our Cruise Critic roll call.
So, at least we have plans to be off the Marina all day already.
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