These two sea days are taking their toll on the little grey cells. There are up to five trivia session a day so I won't write about our progress unless something eventful happens. I don’t want you to think we come on a cruise just to play trivia. It would be cheaper to join a local pub team!!So, five trivia played. Won three. The last one was tough in as much as I knew Yaks milk is pink, Charlie Chaplin’s cane was made from Bamboo and the eldest M...

After all the talk of bad weather yesterday through social media, we woke this morning to torrential rain. Our plan to walk back over to the Southport Shopping Centre was cancelled as, although we could have easily taken the car, after breakfast we decided it best to just head for the port. We first took the car back to the airport. Who would have thought that the 2 mile journey could be so stressful; for Roisin, our designated driver (!) and for Chris who had on...

The most common question Roisin and I get asked before we start off on one of our jaunts is: 'Going anywhere nice?' A very strange question. I’m sure they don’t realise how absurd that question is. What do they expect us to say? ‘Not really, we’ve been to all the best places. There is only the rubbish ones left!!’ Alternatively I could say ‘Just look around you. Everywhere is nice compared to this!!’ AI suppose I ...

Today's final comedy word: Erklärungsnot (n.): This is nothing to do with a running nose but the state of having to quickly explain yourself.Erklärungsnot (lit. Emergency explanation) refers to the exact moment you are caught with your hand in the till and forced to think on your feet. Unless you’re a good liar, the results of Erklärungsnot are usually unbelievable and silly, like the old favourite: "My dog ate myhomework" Only use this excuse if: ...