Edible gremlins

It was great to be able to sleep in a little as we were at sea with no early start for a port visit. Following a leisurely breakfast we went to another gardening talk and then enjoyed some time out on deck although it was incredibly foggy. At least the sea was relatively calm unlike our outward journey. I managed to walk a couple of miles around the deck ( eight laps) and felt very virtuous. Somehow the time simply flies by on sea days as there is so much to do around the ship. Although it was cooler many folk still remained on deck reading, watching the world at sea and even swimming in the warm pool.

As this was our last clear evening (tomorrow is marred by the need for packing as we need to have cases ready by midnight on Friday) it was the Farewell cocktail party by the Captain, followed by a gala meal and then entertainment in the form of a crew's concert. It was also a formal evening so it was great to get dressed up in our glad rags ready to enjoy the night ahead. While the dinner was excellent with one of my favourites, lobster, on the menu, the entertainment from the crew was outstanding! This was followed by an astonishing display of edible extravaganza by the ship's catering crew.

I have never seen such a vast and varied display in one place before. It included assorted bread items in different shapes, sculpted melons, chocolate sphinx and dinosaur, gardens worked in a medley of vegetables and seafood and wondrous sweet concoctions. We were invited to go round and take photos then were expected to partake of some of the bounty! The blip today consists of one of the displays with lobster shells on end for bodies and lemons for heads with grapes for eyes. The comedy of it made me chuckle.

With the sea still relatively calm we went to our cabins feeling happy and relaxed following a really excellent cruise holiday. During the night we will leave the Bay of Biscay and enter the English Channel on course for Southampton where we are due to dock at 7am on Saturday.