We crossed the Equator at 03:05 this morning. Gloriously sunny day. Laid on the back deck for a couple of hours in the morning. Men are keeping the lead in BoS. There are lots of white sea birds with yellow beaks flying round the ship. When the midday bridge announcement was made he said 'many of you have been asking what the sea birds are. To be honest, we don't know'! So I'm none the wiser as to what they are, although we think they're gannets. Th...

Laid out on back deck today for the first time this cruise. After an hour, it rained! Men still in the lead in BoS, but the margin is shrinking. Although we don't cross the equator until 5 o'clock tomorrow morning, the crossing of the line was held today. It was held by the Riviera Pool and so wasn't as easy to see as it was in 2013 when it was on the Terrace Deck. Still fun though. However, on the last cruise, the Captain took part and was covered in g...

An odd day really. After breakfast, I did my mile with Barbara and then went back to my room to sort out photos and watch the Mrs. Brown's Boys Movie, which Yvonne had borrowed from the library a couple of days ago. Then it was the World Cruisers Luncheon (we don't have lunch on P&O, we have luncheon). Nice food, too much champagne and wine, but I coped! Then half of BoS and a quick change before deck quoits. I lost, of course. Nice warm weather, so I...

Arrived about 8am. Whenever the ship arrives in port there's a lot of shaking and my cabin rattles like hell! After breakfast, the six of us plus Norman and Lynda took the shuttle bus into Mindelo. We just strolled around, meeting up with Adrian and Ann on the way. We saw the fish market, where women were carrying the fish in bowls on their heads. We wandered through a couple of markets and then decided to walk back. On the way, we stopped for coffee and ...

Amazingly, this is the end of week one. A quick explanation about my location(s). This app insists on my inputting both a town/city and country, which isn't particularly helpful when I'm at sea. Hence the somewhat ludicrous locations that will happen when I'm mid-Atlantic or mid-Pacific. Captain told us at breakfast that it would be warm but grey all day. The sun shone! After my mile, I was sat on the Promenade Deck doing a crossword, when Rob sauntere...