As we have the day here we have come to the beach and are surprised to find it packed even though it's November. The temperature is about 27 and the sea is warm enough to tempt me in. Waiting to see who comes aboard tonight- will there be any Brits? Just going back to the ship at 5pm ,the sun is getting weak- we are very sandy but hope it will have fallen off before we traipse it onto the Clipper.

Sitting on mcdonalds in Santa Cruz only for the WiFi. It's hot really warm -probably about 83. Might get in the swimming pool yet. We have the offer of diving lessons in the pool - no chance of getting lost or finding anything. We aren't doing a trip here we have seen enough of volcanoes. We go to Grand Canary tomorrow where 70 get off and 50 get on. Rumour has it that they are mostly german. There is an amazing 89 year old lady on board , travelling alone who ...

Beautiful warm sunshine- must be 25. Just on coach going up to the volcano. Island is very obviously volcanic with few trees. The trip took us through the lava on a road just wide enough for the coach- with long drops on either side. Very few plants about just lichen. Tonight we sail to Tenerife - no trip planned there so hope to look around town and find an Internet cafe.

This little wagtail and a couple of flycatchers came on board at Safi and are keeping us amused. They are so fearless that they hop on to your legs as you lie on a lounged. We are feeding them biscuits bits but some of the pieces Re big enough to concuss them. We are about 90 miles from Lanzarote - one of the problems with this programme is that it's hard to enter sea positions. We are taking a trip up the volcano tomorrow and hoping to taste some good wine. Th...

Should have left Cadiz at 22.00 yesterday but pilot said we couldn't go. There was a headwind of :5 knots and. 4 metre swell. We were then due to go at 8 but the weather is still the same. Latest departure will be noon otherwise we won't get to Casablanca by tomorrow morning. As you can see from photo we have a cruise ship at our rear, it is likely to be particularly rough as we cross the straits so I think the time has come to take a pill or two