Whisper Cape Town to Greenwich - a segmenters view

[rosepark]

6 hours ago, Silver Spectre said:

Not sure who writes the port commentary in the Chronicles, but I would think most Brits would object to being called Limeys, especially in the context of the 16th and 17th centuries!

Well so long as the Americans were referred to as Perfidious Tax-dodging Rebels, I don’t see a problem...

Rp

 

[Silver Spectre]

Wonderful visit to Mont Saint Michael

 

[jpalbny]

Mont-St. Michel... What an amazing sight! We visited back in the day when you could drive the causeway yourself, park, and walk in. The architecture and the planning which went into building such a masterpiece atop a small rock really left an impression on us. Thanks for sharing! 

[Silver Spectre]

1 hour ago, jpalbny said:

Mont-St. Michel... What an amazing sight! We visited back in the day when you could drive the causeway yourself, park, and walk in. The architecture and the planning which went into building such a masterpiece atop a small rock really left an impression on us. Thanks for sharing! 

As you are probably aware there is now a bus park and a shuttle that stops on the bridge just short of the entrance. I will share more photos when we get back to Internet civilisation.

[Silver Spectre]

After a little bit of tug assistance we are underway and heading into the Channel.

[Silver Spectre]

7 hours ago, rosepark said:

Well so long as the Americans were referred to as Perfidious Tax-dodging Rebels, I don’t see a problem...

Rp

 

Context RP, this is France!

[drron29]

So we call the French frogs?

But remember Fishguard!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fishguard

[Silver Spectre]

Nice one Drron

[Silver Spectre]

We have just crept into the Thames after passing through the Estuary 

[les37b]

37 minutes ago, Silver Spectre said:

We have just crept into the Thames after passing through the Estuary 

 

Have arrived already at my usual spot.... far too early . You’ve not even reached Tilbury yet and I’d say that’s 30 mins from there to here!

 

Look out port side. Will be at front at beginning then stern to the bridge. Hoping active track works this time!!

 

Wave!

[Silver Spectre]

After 1 1/2 hours of utter farce with the mooring ropes we are finally attached to the floating dock and the Border Force are aboard.

Edited May 18, 2019 by Silver Spectre

[Silver Spectre]

My favourite shot from this mornings sail in

 

[Silver Spectre]

5 hours ago, les37b said:

 

Wave!

👋

[les37b]

I spotted someone on the Panorama terrace in yellow trousers, joined by a lady passenger waving frantically at one point..... Hope they get to see. I'm just starting to edit now. Whilst I know I've still room for improvement and the active track worked but not as intended, I can say this is by far the best I've done by a country mile. Hope you like the choice of music.... which I thought was fitting.

 

Nice photo..... I did a similar but video on the Silver Cloud in Amsterdam setting off and doing a hand brake turn.... Looked really good IMHO.... though not such a landmark.

 

 

[les37b]

There you go...... hot off the press. Silver Whisper around the world......

 

Its still processing higher res imaging, so 4K version not visible at time of posting.

 

 

Edited May 18, 2019 by les37b

[Stumblefoot]

32 minutes ago, les37b said:

There you go...... hot off the press. Silver Whisper around the world......

 

Pretty amazing to think no traffic whatsoever. 

[les37b]

11 minutes ago, Stumblefoot said:

 

Pretty amazing to think no traffic whatsoever. 

 

3m32s ....... you'll see the fella in yellow trousers waving for about 30 seconds. He wasn't a Triv player....... they were playing at the time this was filmed.

[Silver Spectre]

Interesting to see Mark Conroy and Sansome onboard this evening and Barbara Muckerman has fled the ship after being approached by many very unhappy WC's

[Silver Spectre]

2 hours ago, les37b said:

 

3m32s ....... you'll see the fella in yellow trousers waving for about 30 seconds. He wasn't a Triv player....... they were playing at the time this was filmed.

The Internet is still too weak to show it Les

[Silver Spectre]

OK, it's 01:23  and the Wifi is completely f****d, it's appalling. I don't care what any one else has to say, the cruise has been wonderful but the Internet belongs to the  Dark Ages. get a life SS.

Edited May 19, 2019 by Silver Spectre
SS is failing

[Silver Spectre]

Actually it's even worse than the last 4 weeks, it JUST Doesn't work at all. It is apalling! SS should be ashamed to try and provide something that is so awful.

[Stumblefoot]

1 hour ago, Silver Spectre said:

...Barbara Muckerman has fled the ship after being approached by many very unhappy WC's

 

In your estimation, why are so many WC’ers unhappy?

[Observer]

2 hours ago, Stumblefoot said:

 

In your estimation, why are so many WC’ers unhappy?

 

To  judge from a number of posts, the issues with the Internet may have been a persistent irritant. I certainly would have been irritated. Having functional Internet service seems to me as fundamental nowadays as plumbing and air-conditioning.   The ability to send and receive email messages and attached documents (of a reasonable length) should not be asking too much. I do wonder about the urgency of sending off photos, the amount of bandwidth they consume, and the extent to which the sharing of pictures clogs up the entire system. 

 

 Most of us are on ships for modest lengths of time.  Crewmembers can be on for six months or so, and access to email for contacting family is essential. Presumably, they are experiencing the same frustrations as the guests. I don’t know whether this issue is limited to Whisper  or is fleet wide.    I found Internet on spirit to be adequate – but. barely more than adequate –for sending messages and documents.   I never tried to send photos/videos/images. 

[Silver Spectre]

8 hours ago, les37b said:

 

3m32s ....... you'll see the fella in yellow trousers waving for about 30 seconds. He wasn't a Triv player....... they were playing at the time this was filmed.

The Internet is still too weak to show it Les

 

CC repeat.

Edited May 19, 2019 by Silver Spectre

[Silver Spectre]

I believe they shut the entire system down last night without telling anyone, And it is still shut down this morning. This is another SS first.