Another day at sea heading north east towards San Francisco. Temperature down again to 17C today but very still. Sunny enough to sit out in a t shirt and read which we did for a bit. Actually we were terribly late up! Didn't actually wake up till 0930. Just amazing…… Bob went off to a lecture on the life of Turing and I went up to the Crow's Nest to read. Sat there till 12 when we had lunch. My reading was interrupted by an Australian woman who came...

Another lazy day. Much less wind today and plenty of sun but the temperature is dropping again as we head north east towards San Francisco in a few days' time. About 22C today. It will probably drop to about 17C by the time we get there. I lay on deck and read this morning. Bob went off to a lecture on the SAS from an ex captain. He said it was very interesting and not at all gung-ho. We have discovered that the ship is not sailing from San Francisc...

A very lazy day indeed! The wind was back - at least a Force 7 although it was very sunny and warm. We got up late and then found a place on deck. The pools were empty again….. a great shame. I wore one of my new Walmart cozzies LOL. Very pleased with it. I stayed on the sun deck for the morning. Bob went off about 11 for a lecture on Churchill and the coders at Bletchley Park. He said it was very interesting and informative. Apparently at one point ...

What a great day on the Big Island, Hawaii! We arrived in Hilo, the main port, to bright blue skies which was a bit of a surprise as it is renowned as being one of the wettest places in the Pacific. Had some breakfast and then were pretty much the first off the ship at 0815. We got a cab to the airport which was about 10 minutes drive away to pick up our rental car for the day. A nice little white Verso, very low mileage and not bad at $80 all in. We dro...