25 MARCH 2012 A new dawn and a new day ...... woken up all philosophical!Nice comfy bed last night, so slept really well. The mini bar was actually warmer than the room and would have involved a small mortgage to imbibe anyway. So just a cup of tea before bed last night. Didn’t risk robbing a bank, so I settled for my previous day’s uneaten ham and mustard sandwiches and stayed out of trouble. I look crap in a balaclava anyway – it messes up my...

THE DIARYOF A SINGLE CRUISE VIRGIN24 MARCH 2012Well as those of you who know me well know, I wasn’treally in the mood for this little jaunt – too much going on inside my head atthe moment. Those of you who do not know me so well, let me enlighten you. Workhad become more and more fraught recently, people leaving and not beingreplaced, more and more work being piled onto each of the remaining workerbees, much the same as anywhere I suppose. I was copin...

April 5th Easter MondayGot up after a bit of a sleepless night it seems the hapless Ryan had a large hairy tarantula sat on his bed for a couple of hours last night. My thoughts were – if the lizard could get in – why not son of large hairy tarantula?? Or even Daddy!! Well I checked everywhere before going to sleep and it did appear to be a spider free zone – maybe my pet lizard ate him?Met up with Bill and Sharon for breakfast – he has m...

April 4thEaster SundayGot up after a reasonable night, I could hear that Julie was around so stayed in my room until 8am – breakfast time. Last night she demanded to be shown where all the coffee making gear was in the kitchen as she simply had to get up at her usual time and have coffee!! Silly cow! Bill and Sharon came down and sat at my table, saying please could they join me because they didn't want to have to sit with Julie! So, it’s not just...

                          April 3rd Easter SaturdayWe have some new guests – Bill and Sharon from the States and Julie and her son Ryanfrom Houston. They are from opposite ends of the spectrum!! Bill is quite a nervous, fast talking, hand waving kind of man, very nice and interesting. Sharon is also a very nice person, a teacher and really sweet and again, interesting. I like them a lot.Julie on the other hand is a comp...