Hi everyone, this is our first blog. We are just trying it out to make sure it works. Today is Saturday, the 5th January - only two more weeks before we fly off on our trek. Are we excited, well what do you think? Yes we are.
We actually took our cases to Southampton on Thursday to put on the ship which turned out to be quite a farce. They were supposed to open at 9.00am and we had arrived at five minutes to nine. It was jolly cold and we had to stand outside waiting for someone with keys to operate an Xray machine to arrive. This took over the hour and there were some very upset passengers, us being among them, but eventually someone turned up. We were fifth in the queue and after ten minutes they decided that the machine wasn't working and we had to take our three cases to another machine some 25 yards further down (still outside and still in the cold). In that queue they managed to do a couple of cases and then that machine broke down. By this time there were quite a few people behind us (some 30 - 40) and P & O decided we had to go back to the original machine. There was then a rush of everyone and we lost our place at the front of the queue. So I am sure you can appreciate we hope this isn't a sign of how our cruise is going to progress.
The next time we speak to you we will be in New Zealand where we hope that the temperature will be far warmer than the 3degrees we have here.
Love Doreen and Geoffrey
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Hello G and D.
I look forward to reading all about your adventures. Have a good safe trip.
Kind regards
P
Enjoy NZ. We will follow your cruise progress with interest after we return from Madeira. J & E
Enjoying your blog and the photos. It sounds like you're having a fantastic time, but those early starts.....yuk!!!!!!
Looking forward to hearing more.
Lots love
Alison xx
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