Total distance travelled: 3,534 nautical milesThe final navigation day before we arrive at our ultimate port of call, Dubrovnik. This is one of the added ports at the last moment due to swerving the Black Sea. For the whole day, the ship was cruising (hence the name: 'Cruise Ship'!!) at 11 knots (21kph) up the Adriatic, due to pass the heel of Italy and on to Croatia. Having monitored the speed of the ship on other days, it is currently only sailing at h...

The only piece of drama (and there is always one to report!!) that happened during our 'sea day' was in the evening. After returning to our cabin at around 5pm, an envelope was waiting for us on our bed. It is traditional that on the evening of the last gala dinner, club members get invited to the Captain’s cocktail. There was 1 envelope. There was 1 invite inside. It was addressed to Roisin Ann Hodgson!!‘Its only a cocktail party!’ I ke...