What a surprisingly clear and sunny morning.  Our turn to sailing north is not yet complete as you see from the charts below.

Outside, it is a still respectable 18°C  and sunny. I’ve not ventured out  yet, but I imagine that will feel cool. As we continue our turn northwards, the noticeable turbulence will become more so before increasing (very slowly) high pressure calms conditions down, probably tomorrow. 

For lunch, despite its being rough, I have a window seat starboard aft as far back as possible in the Britannia Restaurant. How wise is it to tackle spaghetti while going up and down with the vagaries of the sea.

Today is the first of just three remaining sea days before a bleary-eyed and slightly confusing disembarkation on Sunday, even if this will be my 54th disembarkation from a Cunard ship. 

This morning, after breakfast, I attended a fascinating talk entitled the Cunard Liverpool Yanks, given by Roy Paul.  There’s no doubting his Cunard Knowledge but his attempts to be humorous were feeble and distracted from an otherwise very interesting and informative lecture with fabulous illustrations.

Following lunch, I chose to relax in the Chart Room. I was joined by a couple and we were engaged in convivial conversation for around an hour. 

Time to look back.

Random pictures including the famous pitons. St Lucia.

Many thanks for reading, David, 16.13 hrs Queens Room 5/2/26.