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Yes. See my last reply above.

Just a note. We are strong supporters of the Royal Family in general. But to me street parties are for streets. I'd have rather seen an extra gala night with a jubilee theme rather than folk dressing in patriotic T-shirts etc.

Street party was a food and ice sculpture display between Grand Lobby and main Golden Lion entrance. Big queue to shuffle past it and get to Britannia. Looked like a super spreader event to me. Thankfully quite a few others put on masks. We did get to sit at the big round table in centre of Britannia main. Not a Gala Night but will do. It didn't really show off Nora's lunch/tea outfit so we took other snaps of her. After a couple of the tastiest looking savouries and a tiny cup of tea (my first for about 8 years) we left for Chart Room and some real tea and coffee. Incidentally yesterday a waiter we hadn't seen before tried to serve me a cup of brown water in the Chart Room as an Americano. Promptly sent back and a cup with a little froth and lovely strong caffeine taste replaced it.

I noticed that at time. 3 men who appeared to be together and chatting to the barman, and he seemed to be serving them. However there is a big notice on the bar stating it is not permitted. We're not bar people, like comfy seats.

We do 40 minutes intense cardio after breakfast each morning followed by 30 minutes weights, resistance & stretches. And we think we have waiters trained to get portion size limited. We had 1 course, a sliced orange, wine and water for lunch in preparation for what might be offered this afternoon.

We're going to see what it's like. There's a cute corgi on one of the cakes.

For anyone interested I'm taking all our photos with a Blltzwolf BS10 selfie stick/tripod. I try to remember to hide the tiny remote control in my palm while taking photos. https://m.blitzwolf.com/BlitzWolf-BW-BS10-All-In-One-Portable-Selfie-Stick-with-Retractable-Tripod,-Hidden-Phone-Clamp,-Up-to-720mm-Length,--Removable-Remote-Control-p-358.html

There's something on this afternoon about 3pm based around Grand Lobby. Photo opportunities followed by a street party afternoon tea in Britannia.

Weather report: I woke up briefly about 3am, which would have been 4am when we went to bed due to time change. I could just feel a little gentle roll and pitch. That's first I've noticed that. Was surprised when I got up later and sea state didn't look any different from other days. We did have a force 7 around 6am so that may have caused it. There was noticeably more movement in the gym and walking into wind on deck 12 was difficult. Don't think we'll be doing much sun bathing.

I wouldn't say it is ideal of course. I wouldn't say I was an IT professional but worked in an IT environment for a great deal of my career. It took me a bit to figure out the best sequence of opening pages. It's not really suitable as a mass market product.

I should also say that lengthy posts are best typed on text editor, I use OneNote, then copy and paste. System thinks you're not using it while you type and may disconnect.

@Host HattieIf you prefer this in an existing thread please move. I can't compare two levels as I opted for premium. Speedtest.net shows error if I try to run a test. However I have automatically backed up around 1.2Gb of photos and videos to my cloud storage. I have made numerous posts here and on Facebook and WhatsApp, email, banking and browsing are fine. Downloading my daily paper takes a while. I'm using a Dual SIM MotoG 5G plus, running Android 11. I have both SIMs turned off and Flight Mode on. I need to follow a short routine. First check and refresh the wi-fi connection. Then log into MyVoyage, it disconnects really easily. Then wi-fi account page and select 'use' then 'connect'. And it works fine. Sounds like hassle but when you've figured out what needs done it takes about 15 seconds. Public areas are a bit faster than cabin but I still get it working there. We are quite near Pavilion though.

There's a story there; Since 18 months ago we both lost weight. I mainly followed my wife's diet so couldn't avoid it. I've a lovely 25 year old ivory M&S pure wool tux, which is now too big. Got this brand new at great price on eBay. It had obviously spent a long time gathering dust in a stock room. Knowing that onboard cleaning is really cheap I packed a dirty tux and left it with note for cabin stewardess the first evening. Next afternoon one perfect tux delivered to cabin.

Having had the benefit of an extra hour last night, got up and braved the force 7 winds on open deck. 05:50 this morning aft port side deck 12 Queen Mary 2, past mid Atlantic bound for New York.

We're trying hard to figure out how to do this. I've not got an autonomous video drone with me. If we come up with something we'll try to comply with the request!

We're way ahead of ourselves tonight. You can tell the lunchtime photo by my outfit. I really should have worn the red shoes yesterday, Blue would have been much better today. And this is Smart Attire night but was originally an unthemed gala night, hence the white tux.

Having now used Britannia Club port side restaurant for a few days, the minority belief that you shouldn't pass through the main restaurant is crazy. There is no more separation between BC than between different segments of the MD. On the starboard side it's effectively some plants and at port a partial partition. If there are people seated in central section near the staircase we use the small side staircase exit then walk along the very wide aisle to the rear of the restaurant.

I'm taking all our photos at max resolution so we don't have problems enlarging. I installed a compression app to get files suitable for posting here and on Facebook etc.

Yesterday's lunch and dinner again. We found the blue sunburst rug by accident and couldn't resist the background for the dress. Actually noticed some movement yesterday. The cross trainer moved gently underneath me a few times and I spotted the horizon moving. I think I'm mastering the internet thing. But a few more days and finding time needed to report. The gym awaits!

Our thin bungee cord washing line and tiny sewing pegs are working well after our daily visits to the gym. It's all lightweight quick drying fabrics and not enough of it to go to launderette with. It gets a quick wash in the sink.

Sunset from the Gallery on QM2 westbound last night roughly 1,000 nautical miles from Southampton.

Had Black and White lunch as well as night. Well Nora did. Don't know how to get rid of this emoji from a prior post! 🤣 Quite overcast this morning. Sea not really any higher though screen at Pavilion says force 4 against 3 yesterday.

Our first casual night, or do they call it Smart Attire 🤣 Sashaying through Britannia was out of question. There was a couple with less mobility in front of us. Think I need to downsize photos to upload faster. South of Scilly Isles and sea feels smooth. Waves are perhaps about a foot high. Too late for a sunrise but it is up there with a little cloud to burn off.

Felt as if I was in one of those spy movies. 51 pages photographed in just over 6 minutes. Editing to a complete pdf will need wait until we are home.

We embarked smoothly. Given 12:45 report time. Arrived 12:21. By time we queued for pre document check there were only a few in front of us where it splits for BC and others priority check in. Sat for a bit while grills etc boarded and in cabin around 13:45.