I’m nowhere near Barbuda, but the app insists on a country and at the moment, that island is nearer than the next island! Well Antigua is. The weather was cooler today but still shorts temperature, tomorrow may be the last day for bare legs, I suspect. Shaun Wallace gave his first lecture today and he wore his wig and gown. He wasn’t as eloquent as I’d expected for a barrister, but interesting nonetheless. In the noon day announcement the ...

The first of five sea days before our last port of call. Rob was in the doghouse with Linda and was a tad hungover. The Macmillan coffee morning and auction was held on the Terrace Deck today. It wasn’t particularly well attended but still managed to raise over £1,000. At noon the clocks went forward one hour, putting us three hours behind the UK. When the clocks go back it’s done at 2:00 in the morning which gives the hard working crew an extra h...

It’s not Barbuda, it’s Antigua. The Off Exploring app strikes again! Today Barb, Rob, Lin and I took an island tour with a lobster lunch. We visited Block Fort and then Shirley Heights before going to Nelson’s Dockyard for lunch. Although I’ve been to Antigua at least three times before, it was my first time at Shirley Heights. It has a stunning view of English Bay. We were supposed to have one drink with dinner and we all chose rum punch. Howev...

My third visit to this island, I had a fortnight here in the 90’s and a Cruise visit last November. Yesterday we were told that our P&O excursion had been been put back an hour to 14:00. Because of this Barbara and I went into town in the morning. As Britannia and Adventure of the Seas were docked in Port Zante, we were moored further along in the cargo port. We had to take a shuttle ride of about 10 minutes to Port Zante. Once in town, we had a ...

Our second day in Martinique. It was supposed to be our first day and it’s a Sunday. Everything is closed, everything! The six of us wandered into town in case a supermarket was open. It wasn’t, so we sat in the small square outside and used the free Wi-Fi that I’d used yesterday. It wasn’t as fast for some reason. We then walked to the sea front and joined the queue for the €7 return trip to Les Trois-Ilets. An island (so we thought) abo...