For TSH and Diva’s first time in the Isles of Scilly, they visited the famous Tresco tropical gardens. The clue was in the name. Diva wore her raincoat because the transfer to Tresco was in a partly open local boat, which, although it was not raining, was likely to be breezy. So by the time she had walked to the gardens she was very hot and exhausted. Fortunately, Saga had supplied a packed lunch so, along with most other guests, they treated the garden visit as an extended picnic. TSH covered himself in glory for once, as, despite his reduced vision, he was the first to spot a red squirrel. A few others appeared later but moved too quickly for there to be any chance of a photo.
Over dinner, TSH and Diva chatted to a couple whose male
half was distressed at the loss of a pair of specs. They had retraced their
steps around the ship and were unable to find them. Diva advised a call to
Reception, who in the past had carefully looked after lost specs belonging to
TSH. The female half was sitting on a cushion and when she came to leave she
wanted to take it back to the cushion store. Fortunately she ignored TSH’s
advice to leave it for the waiters to deal with. There under the cushion was
the specs case – she had been sitting on it throughout the protracted wailing.
Some of the guests thought that there was a lot of motion of
the ship during the night crossing to Eire. (TSH and Diva didn’t notice anything
in spite of being 5 decks higher than their preferred location on Silversea). Some
people mentioned this to Captain Jason and he explained that the additional
movement was because he had set the autopilot to ‘feel like you’re on a ship’
mode.
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