Woke up feeling refreshed after a very good night’s
sleep. After a late breakfast we set off
for our first activity – a lecture from Ann Widdecombe called ‘Life after Politics’. She was brilliant – her usual forthright self
but full of hilarious stories about her days on Strictly, on the Strictly tour when partnered by Craig!! - in panto
and on other TV programmes. She spoke
for about 40 minutes without notes and then took questions on a range of topics
from Trump, Brexit, Scottish independence and Mrs T to her Strictly outfits and whether she had suffered the ‘Strictly Curse’! Afterwards she did a signing and photos and
was really lovely with everyone.
After a quick look round the shops, it was time for lunch in
the Golden Lion pub. Fish and chips for Elizabeth (no surprise
there!) and cottage pie for Graeme followed by treacle sponge and custard – all
very nice and someone has to eat it or it’ll get left!
Despite having eaten too much, it would have been remiss not
to go for afternoon tea which was up to the usual standard whilst we were
entertained by the string quartet.
Whilst we were waiting to get in Graeme rushed back to the cabin to get
the camera and bumped into Ms Widdecombe in the lift (who was stridently announcing
on each floor which way the lift was going and asking those waiting to use it
if they were going up or down!)
Graeme has enjoyed trying to (too many distractions) watch a
couple of Premier League matches on the TV in the cabin and we’ve kept our eye
on the test in Bangladesh thanks to Sky News.
Tonight was the 'Victoriana Ball' and we enjoyed dressing
up. We were one of only about 3 couples
who dressed in the theme. The other 2 won
a prize; we missed out as we weren’t in the ballroom at the right time to be ‘pre-selected’. The evening started with a drinks reception
with the Captain of the ship and the senior staff then we had yet another
delicious dinner. We didn’t do much
dancing tonight – not easy to dance in a long dress – but Darren would be proud
to know that we did attempt the Mayfair Tango!
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| Selfies not quite working! |
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| TV Relay |
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| The Commodore of the Fleet (of 3 ships!) speaks |
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| Dancing Demo |
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| American Victoriana! |
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| More American Victoriana |
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