Burgers for breakfast

 In the Shetland Isles, TSH and Diva had intended to go ashore for a walk around Lerwick. But the morning mist was so thick that they decided to stay onboard for a relaxing day instead. They walked round and round the open deck for exercise.

In Invergordon, they were booked on the Inverness Highlights tour, which included 1.5 hours at leisure in Inverness. The tour started early and the plan was to skip breakfast on the Silver Spirit and eat at the M&S cafe in Inverness. The place where they were dropped off was so far from the centre of the city that it took 30 minutes, at Diva's slow pace, to reach the shopping centre So they made their way back to the bus without having time for food. TSH was distraught about his missing sausage sandwich. Breakfast was at 13:00 and consisted of excellent burgers and fries!

The Silver Spirit clocks are still all wrong. 

Lerwick Lost

When the captain’s voice is heard on the public address system before 8am, it is never good news. Especially when he says ‘This is s very important announcement’. The Silver Spirit will not make the planned call at Lerwick, Shetland because of a threatened storm. If the ship were to dock, the chances are that it would have to remain there for several days. So TSH and Diva are heading straight to Iceland, with the estimated arrival time unchanged. With an extra day at sea, the journey is obviously expected to be slow. The crew are securing the large plant pots and safely storing the cushions from the outside chairs. TSH and Diva have taken medication and are wearing their wrist bands.

The last time TSH and Diva crossed from the UK to Iceland in 2013, the sea was sufficiently angry that they said they would never do that crossing again!

The Silver Spirit is now so far north that there is very little darkness in the night. Perhaps that is why the telephone rang at 1:30 am. Diva was asked if she had ordered ginger tea. She was reasonably polite to the caller but very annoyed. The next morning, an oblivious TSH asked if there had been a telephone call in the night and, if so, what it had been about. There was a verbal apology from the Head Butler, who blamed the disturbance on ‘a technical problem’.

The dinner reservation in La Terrrazza (Deck7) has been cancelled. TSH and Diva will eat in Atlantide on Deck 5. Lower down and more stable.