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Glad you are improving Bonnie, it must be so nice to be at home after rehab. Good luck with the PT session

Good news about you husband recovering well. Its a big op

Great news. 👍 fingers crossed for a speedy recovery.

Quite interesting, all the politicians maneuvering for a shot at being PM. So in UK we vote for a political party not a person. The PM is whoever is leader of the party that wins. Therefore this won't trigger a general election, there is a process for a leadership contest and in the meantime there will be a caretaker government in charge. DH was in London yesterday and said lots of TV crews and journalists in College Green outside Parliament but Downing Street was very quiet

Thanks for your help and advice. Normally my husband does the walking. It's only one day a week when my son has to go into the office . I'll look into these collars, I think my son had something similar but not sure if they still use it. I'm hoping as he matures he'll get better. He's a golden retriever and apparently as adults they are very docile

Sorry to hear about your fall. What bad service from the medics on board and a broken finger, you must of been in a lot of pain

Wow 9 ships. A few weeks ago we were there and there was just us and one much smaller ship. But I have been there with five in six ships in the bay and it was almost impossible to move in Oia by mid morning Love this class of ship. It sounds like you do the same kind of things as us. We love ports, food and shows/entertainment adding in some exercise and relaxed reading on one of the top decks on sea days

Enjoying reading your trip report. Living in Europe we love European cruises, so much to see. Bad luck with the phone and that your snorkel trip wasn't as planned . Looking forward to hearing more

Pre covid we always tried to stay in London for a few days each year and see the sights and go to the theater. Its only about 40 miles to central London but we rarely go there. I shall have to put Royal Mews on our must see list

Andrew, I must of missed your mum being ill, I hope its not serious and her op goes well. Worrying for you and the family Dani, sorry to hear your still feeling rotten, I've heard that recovery can come and go. Hope you're back to your old self soon. Yes Molly has kept her distance all day. Back in the woods now for our second walk and will then drop her back home. Though she's only 10 months old she's bigger and stronger than molly and tends to push her around. I don't feel confident to let her off the lead and she's pulled me all round the woods. Think I may of pulled a shoulder muscle as its quite painful. It doesn't help that we've got builders in the house so I can only keep her in one small part of the house and garden and she keeps growling at the builders

Yeap, I was answering your first post and managing others expectations. A lot of people who watch it think it all true its so well written, interweaving the story with true events . I didn't watch it for some time because of this, but then got hooked. Its very interesting going back to the early days of our Queens reign and seeing all those important historic events. The last series felt a bit raw and personal because its so recent. Having said that I'm looking forward to the next (and last?) Series Note.. I didn't mean to imple that you or Laura thinks that it's real

Looking after my son and DILs crazy pup today . She's quite a handful. Normally Gary does most of the walks with her but he's meeting up with old work friends in London. I told him to keep away from Downing Street/Westminster area with all that's going on up there at mo

Edited to say sorry, misread your question, too much skim reading 😄

We have a yearly pass to 'historic Royal palaces' which includes Hampton Court, Kensington Palace and The Tower, so have visited all this last year. A few years ago we also visited Buckinghsm Palace and Gardens when it was open to the public. Haven't been to the Royal Mews yet though

Agree, I love fictionalised books/audio books about that time, so much intrigue and skullduggery

But please remember it is fiction (based on some facts) it's not a documentary or all true. Who truly knows what goes on in the privacy of other peoples homes or what they are thinking even when they have a very public life

How lovely Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁

Same with the airline industry, always working to strict deadlines. So many times trying to do a tricky rebooking/fare calculation/reissue when the closeout of the flight is creeping closer and closer, shouting to the supervisor to keep the flight open just a few more minutes .....

Glad you had a,good cruise. Love Anthem. Perfect cool weather ship with the big indoor pools and lovely Solarium. Living in the UK it's so easy to have a short drive to the port and park right outside the ship. The porters come to your car to get the bags and next time you see them they are in your room. We were booked on Anthem in September but have had to cancel due family commitments, next year maybe

Seriously the ones who earn their share of the gratuities are the always smiling lovely staff who keep the public 'ladies' toilets so clean Loved the little individual folded towels on our celebrity cruise last month

Agree make it mandatory. No worries, no discussion. If you want to give out envelopes (this to OP), you still can , give extra to your stateroom attendant or fav bartender if you think they went above and beyond

Dani and I were on the same cruise and I had some lovely conversations with her and DH. It was 13June for 10 nights

Here is a pic of the dark mirrored corridor that leads to Eden. It does look quite beautiful but it definitely is a hazard. Those big golden blobs are hard. I saw an elderly man walk into one of the mirrors thinking it was an exit. Its actually darker than the pic shows. Loved how they're changed the lawn to plant islands with seating. Great for watching the outdoor movies. Loved the outdoor sunset bar. Loved the stage and entertainment,though some shows were a bit loud. Missed the sky lounge and no forward facing top deck lounge

Looking forward to your review, we were on Beyond the cruise before yours, though it was different ports. Our cruise was busier, around 2300 I think. On our last day there was a little competition on the pool deck - guess how many on the next cruise. I said 1400 but I think the correct answer was 1690. We were also on deck 12, but under the Solarium, very handy for the lovely fresh coffee in the spa cafe early in the morning. Looking forward to hearing about the specialised restaurants as we didn't do any.

They're talking about extending it to over 50s though not definitely announced yet. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/2697117a-fc94-11ec-ab20-2fd534744dd7?shareToken=fc2612830c66d626d75f7213e9d49eac