SeaJane

1 minute ago, jeanlyon said:

I'm on holiday, don't do laundry ever!  🤣

Me neither!

Once P&O no longer have Aurora or Arcadia we won’t sail with them again. We always book at least a balcony cabin and in all likelihood will try Saga with the idea of only cruising once a year to offset the higher cost. The larger ‘resort’ ships do not appeal to us.

1 hour ago, DamianG said:

 

Love the night time photos!

Thank you Damian. They were taken when we stayed at a hotel on the Grand Canal for a few nights which we have done 3 times as well as at least 5 visits on cruises. I love Venice at night as it is much quieter and there is something magical about seeing so many of the buildings lit up.

Absolutely love Venice - one of our favourite ports whatever the weather!

Here’s a picture of the famous clock in Messina. We’ve been several times and been to Taormina and also on an excursion called something like ‘in the Godfather’s footsteps’. Sounds a bit cheesey, but was actually very good as you see some pretty villages and lovely scenery many of which were used as locations in the film. 

DH had the letter and booked online for our local large hub. He is 70 and was able to book both jabs with the first one this Sunday. I am 66 and got a text from the hub on Monday with a link to book, but it only showed appointments available for the next couple of days so I wondered if they were trying to fill in gaps as we live within a couple of miles of the hub? On Thursday I received a phone call from the hub and was able to book my first appointment for Sunday too so we can go together. They weren’t able to book my 2nd at the time, but said I should be able to book whilst there on Sunday. We’re really pleased that we can both have our jabs at the same time.

19 minutes ago, bee-ess said:

A few photos from St Peters Port from 2014

Lovely photos. We went to Guernsey for our honeymoon 45 years ago and then again about 15 years ago so brings back lots of memories. We’ve never been there on a cruise - well not yet anyway!

1 minute ago, Son of Anarchy said:

I bought a set of clippers.  Far cheaper! 🤣

OH bought some too and since then I’ve been cutting his hair. They’ve now more than paid for themselves and he reckons he won’t go back to the barbers.

Mine is a different matter entirely as it is very thick and I have it coloured as I have been going grey since my thirties. It’s now starting to get too long and my roots need doing, but at least as I’m blond it doesn’t show too much. Definitely looking forward to hairdressers reopening though! 

The ship - we will currently only sail on Aurora or Arcadia 

The dates - to fit in with other plans
The itinerary 

Pleased to hear all went well Graham. Hope you will soon be fully recovered.

7 hours ago, wowzz said:

My wife and I are fans of "Pinch, punch, first of the month" complete with actions.  We try and catch each other out each month. Makes for a very nervous (and sometimes aggressive) start to every month!

We’re the same! Juvenile I know 🤣

Hope all goes well with your op on Wednesday Graham.

3 hours ago, wowzz said:

Too expensive and too contractual for us.

I agree. We used to have Sky many years ago, but we are not great football fans and decided it really was a waste of money. We have managed very happily with Freeview and a Humax box until the last year. The need to buy so much more online meant that (unfortunately) Amazon Prime made sense and we have enjoyed watching quite a few films  and other programmes through that.

17 minutes ago, Harry Peterson said:

I miss Cornwall too, especially after watching the recent Rick Stein programmes.  Fortunate enough to live there for a few years as a teenager, pre-Stein and when the coastal villages hadn’t been infiltrated by incomers buying holiday homes.

We’ve enjoyed watching the Rick Stein programmes recently and on two occasions I’ve attended courses at his cookery school. I’ve been visiting Cornwall all my life and it’s certainly changed over the years, but my family have owned property there for 50 years and I still love the area especially out of the main tourist season! 

6 minutes ago, purplesea said:

There's local fish delivery in our area with fresh fish from Newlyn. So again hasn't got many food miles.

 

 

What do I miss? I miss meeting up with friends for a cuppa and a chat. Having the family just popping in and out as they normally do. Holidays and going out for a meal.  The last meals out I had were all on one weekend in March. The first was at my daughter's wedding, the next day in St Ives with my friend who had come down for the wedding and the day  after that in Marazion for my husband's birthday.

 

 

Lovely picture of St Michael’s Mount - we’ve visited several times. Makes me really miss Cornwall and wondering whether we’ll get there in April. We usually spend 8 or 9 weeks of the year in North Cornwall. Last year we only managed to spend September there, but it wasn’t enough! 

Today DH has been able to book his jab for 14th Feb at the local mass vaccination centre. He was also able to book his 2nd jab - he is just 70. 

39 minutes ago, Adawn47 said:

Try looking in promotions or trash, mine was in promotions. Have you updated your P&O preferences to recieve emails? just an after-thought

Avril

Thanks Avril. We always used to get emails until a few months ago. We’ve checked our P&O preferences several times and they show us opting in for emails, but we still don’t get them. The “wonderful” IT system strikes again maybe? 🤣🤣

Wishing you a very Happy anniversary Avril and Frank 🥂🥳

I’m feeling left out! We haven’t had any emails from P&O for ages. Our cruise on Aurora last October was of course cancelled, but we have one booked this October on Arcadia.

Happy birthday Jean. Hope you have a lovely day 🥂🎂

6 minutes ago, kalos said:

Anyone else's dates moved forward on the Omni calculator ? 

Mine’s moved from late March to early February so I’m very pleased.

26 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

Nice garden.

Thank you Graham. It’s had more care in the last year from DH than usual. We’re usually away much more! 

Just catching up on today’s posts.

Happy Birthday Pam 🥳🎂🥂
 

We had heavy snow all morning and everywhere looked beautiful, but it was quite slippery under foot when we walked to get the newspaper. Chicken now in the oven for our usual Sunday evening roast dinner.

Today has been sunny and about 8 degrees after 2 days of heavy rain. Met a friend for a 4 mile walk and it was lovely to chat to someone in the flesh for a change - first time I have seen someone other than DH for 3 weeks.

I’ve just been looking at some of the pictures of the areas flooded by Storm Christoph and feel so sorry for those people affected. I hope none of you are experiencing flooding in your locality.

Raining heavily again here today so we’ve not been out for our walk. The good news is that I’ve done my tax return - always a relief when it’s out of the way!
The bad news is that my 97 year old father-in-law has just tested positive from his regular weekly lateral flow test. He lives in a care home and is apparently fine and showing no symptoms, but at his age we are obviously very worried.