Woke up with a bit of a sore throat and what feels like a cold. Dosing up with Lemsip and Strepsils because we arrive in Tahiti on Monday and have diving booked so don't want to be unfit for that. Went to bridge at 10 where we our Improvers class was playing its first tournament. Bit nerve-wracking but it went ok. Luckily we were only playing for an hour because the Captain announced we would be arriving at Pitcairn Island by 11am. He said he would come...

Five weeks aboard today! We are now honing in on Pitcairn Island which we will reach tomorrow morning. The home of the Bounty Mutineers and a tiny dot in the middle of a lot of blue wilderness. More boilingness! Obviously, not complaining. So lovely to have the chance to lie out with a book and work on the tan. Pretty much similar day to yesterday really. Breakfast:swim:read (repeat multiple times); lunch; swim, art, rehearsal, swim… Two nice su...

Another totally boiling day. My mum's birthday. She would have been 96 today and I still miss her so much and often picture how she would have enjoyed certain things I am doing. I can't believe it has been over 2 years since she passed away, although dementia had taken her a few years before that in many ways. She was an amazing woman who supported me totally and always. Her drive for life has made me determined to live every minute as fully as I can and e...

A lovely hot sunny day. We spent the whole morning lying by the pool and soaking up the rays. Well, actually, we did have to make a launderette run but that went off smoothly. I had a rehearsal at 11 and we read through the play again starting to put in some bits of business. It is getting better now as the others are getting more confident. I laughed out loud a few times today which is a good sign as I've read it about a million times now. LOL The capt...

And still we plough on across the emptiness towards Easter Island which we will reach by about 4pm tomorrow…… temperatures are increasing and sunshine hours are also ramping up. Unfortunately, I spent most of today indoors…. This has got to change! Firstly, 2 hours of bridge class. To be honest, I am not enjoying this much anymore and if it were not for Bob, I would have stopped by now. I'll keep giving it a go until we reach Auckland and then, I ...