Second sea day before Cobh.
They’re putting on a big Australia day. Apparently many convicts were
shipped out from here. It was also the last port for the Titanic and the
Lusitania was only 18 minutes out from here when it was torpedoed and sank so a
lot of maritime history here. Also 212 convict ships left from here –
a lot of women and children – so they are having the blessing of “The Bonnets”.
We’re fine but the temperature on the deck is icy. They say England is having
30C today. We hope. We’ve just had a UK cooking demonstration – Bollywood refresher, chicken tikka masala,
and carrot halwa!!!! The maître de took it. He was very funny. An Indian guy, married to a
Polish lady and living in Gdansk. His
family have been on board ‘til recently. Hoppy’s jammed in a bar with 500
others, watching the last Oz/Lions test. Not looking too good at the mo. Well
I’ve just done the washing – exciting. After half time I found he game on the
cabin TV so saved his aching ears. Also watched the women’s final at Wimbledon.
We know we’ve been lucky with riots and the weather ‘round
the world so far. At the Captains cocktail tonight we also heard another piece
of luck. In the Gulf of Aden a container ship broke it’s back and sank. If we’d
been closer we would have had to take on board the crew. All were saved – some 51
crew. Would have been interesting but we have a schedule to keep!! Some of the ships
we’ve seen are impossibly long! Now look at Egypt - no surprises there; and on the news today trouble in Jordan. The afternoon that some of our tourists were at the wailing wall in Jerusalem, there was a local shot and died.
7th July and here we are in Cobh. It’s sunny and
we’re expecting 25C. Might even get to Mass. They are having two extra Masses
so we’ll give it a go. Looks like everything is up hill but it’s very pretty.
Laters…………………..XXXXXXXXXXXXX
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