Day 11 South Quensferry for Edinburgh

So today the fog is still clinging on to us which at first delayed our docking. It was so thick that the port got closed so we had to anchor offshore 18 miles out in the Firth of Forth. Although only 18 miles out, it was going to take us 2 hours to reach the port when we got the ok from the pilot and the harbourmaster. The fog did lift very slightly which revealed the Viking Neptune beside us but sadly it worsened in port. The decision was made to cancel the dock and head towards our next stop in Portland on Wednesday. I’m sure if it’s clear and the pier is empty we may pop in at Skeggy on the way down.

So, in impromptu sea day. The next few blogs will be light as we are at sea now until Wednesday. The fog has not lifted all day really and it started to clear a couple of hours ago at around 8pm just after we entered Englandshire. So in all honestly we’ve done bugger all today really. Hot tub in the rain, food, nanna naps and more food.

I’m sure the medical department would have been busy today, mainly heart attack victims every time the captain sounded his horn. Jesus, when out on deck that thing scares the living daylights out of you. And it’s been sounded every 90 seconds for the last 2 days and 3 nights.

As we had a bit of time we went downstairs for dinner tonight but vowed we wouldn’t make the mistake of having four courses. Epic fail, starter, middle and because I couldn’t decide on main he fetched both, followed by dessert. I asked the waiter if he had a wheelchair we could use to get us back to our cabin, he laughed and said we’d be better suited to a wheelbarrow !!

Not many pics sadly, it’s been a hard day and picking up the camera may have just made it too much 😂😂😂Read more