Last day started cool, windy and sunny. Finished packing in the morning and I put one case out for collection at 10:30, and it had gone by midday. In his noon announcement, the Captain announced that over the cruise we had raised £10,495 for MacMillan Cancer Fund and £8,400 for the Vanuatu Relief Fund. He also wished us good luck with Customs tomorrow! After lunch which, by chance, we all ate together, the men lost the final BoS by 5 points. As th...

Cool today, down to 13 degrees. Very windy mile after breakfast. Then I just backed up my photos, which I forgot to do yesterday, and downloaded them to Linda's memory stick, before decamping to Sindhu, where we all had coffee and some of Linda's chocolate birthday cake. The clocks then went forward to GMT +1, which means we're now on UK time. It's been cool and windy all day and visibility has been lousy. The men lost BoS again. Because of the wind, d...

Woke up late and after breakfast I went through UK immigration, first time I've ever done that on board. It was pretty pointless, as all they did was look at the picture page and then at me. They never put it through a reader or anything. Back in the cabin I started work on my photos and web page. This took forever as Yvonne had given me a bunch of pictures and I wanted to use some of them. I finally finished at 15:00. I'd worked nonstop with just a break...

On my world cruise 2 years ago Ponta Delgada was the first port of call, on this cruise it's the last. We, all six, took an open topped bus for an hour's tour of Ponta Delgada. Then after a coffee Rob, Linda, Barbara and I strolled to Campo S. Francisco and then on to to Jose de Campo Gardens. Then it was back to the ship via a bar! The Azores are really cheap, three large beers, one small beer, three toasties and one sandwich came to less than €20. ...

Down to 16 degrees, windy and cloudy this morning, which means long trousers and trainers instead of shorts and flip-flops. After breakfast and a short walk, not a mile, I started packing. One of my cases is now mostly packed. Real packing will start in earnest on Tuesday. Clocks went forward another hour, so now on Azores time which is one hour behind UK. Because of the time change, I only had a bowl of soup for lunch, before the Camera Club photo comp...