Same again.

Disturbed night with our balcony door rattling all night. Still force 9 winds.

No problem with the full breakfast though, as you would expect.

Talk on “Thrive beyond 55” which is pretty much everyone on board. Only heard half of it as I had to leave to transfer our washing from machine to tumble-dryer. Considered poor form to leave it in the machine for long as there aren’t that many of them. Most of what I gleaned from the talk shouldn’t be too hard for me. Take exercise, don’t smoke, keep weight under control, minimum alcohol, at least 30 different plant varieties per week (not so much), get plenty of sleep (oh, yes), plenty of social interaction (not sure if playing golf once a week is enough).

Another 3D film after lunch, this time on dinosaurs. Not really my thing but it did let me catch up on that life-enhancing sleep stuff.

Then afternoon tea, purely to increase my plant variety intake. No way cucumber or cherries were going to be consumed any other way. Had to go 40 mins early to get a front row table so that we could check out the dancing. Wasn’t tempted. Some of these folk looked like they knew what they were doing. Could have been carnage if we had blundered about.

Walk even more essential than usual before a late dinner, which had a knock on effect of making us miss the early show. No way could we stay up long enough for the second performance. Got some traditional New Orleans jazz, and more folk.Read more