A bright, windy, sunny day about 17C. The swell was quite high and the ship rolled a bit. Not enough to bother us old seadogs but I saw a few people with seasick bands on. Not warm enough for sunbathing but we took coffee out on the rear sundeck after breakfast and sat there for an hour or so watching the wake and the waves in between reading. Very pleasant. I would like to think we will get another sunbathing day in before Southampton but I somehow doubt i...

A quiet day at sea. Nice and sunny this morning so we lay out by the pool with our books. Each day brings cooler weather. Today we were down to about 23C and then in the afternoon, the clouds completely came over and the wind came up. Still not at all cold, muggy really….. but a bit grey. I hope we still have some bright days left in the voyage. Fingers crossed. Art was a bit of a challenge. A cityscape: skyscrapers, domes, churches done in silhouet...

An interesting day. Gorgeous weather for a start. Very warm sun, blue skies and hardly a breeze. The sea has been very very calm all day. Oddly enough much calmer here in the Atlantic than it was in the Caribbean. We lay out on the top deck and sunbathed with our books all morning. Both so brown now. After lunch we went to art class and finished painting the Little Gardener. Really pleased with the results. I can't believe we've painted something as ...

A very lazy day indeed. We didn't get up till about 9ish and then went up to art. The morning class today as we had a lunch in the afternoon. Firstly we finished off the drawing of the first painting we are going to do with the new tutor, Jack Gray. It is a young girl walking away carrying a watering can and wearing stripey dungarees and a dark green apron. Called The Little Gardener. It is difficult to draw and will be difficult to paint. Anyway, he said...

So, a very lovely warm, sunny day at sea. The wind was a bit brisk first thing and the pools were half empty and staging mini hurricanes, but it was still gorgeous to lie out with a book. Which we did, for the morning. It is still very warm -- 27C. Hopefully it will remain so for a few more days as yet. We have 5 sea days between Antigua and the Azores. Then 3 days and Southampton. Bob nearly choked on his sausage this morning as he overheard a man tell...