Do we pass muster?

Few things in recent times have tickled either of us like the spectacle of 500 mainly elderly people trying to put on a life-jacket. I'd already had a dry run in our cabin, so this session could offer little apart from the discovery that they split in the middle and you don't HAVE to push your head through that little hole!?!  My ears are still recovering

Liz observed that all the ladies lifejackets were very nice & tidy, whereas the gents were a bit of a mess. Conclusion reached, most men had already had a play.

If the abandon ship command is heard it'll be a case of everyman (woman) for him/herself and we're probably best to just jump overboard. As you're dead stuck behind various mobility accoutrements (walkers, wheelchairs, etc) in these narrow corridors. I'll admit I didn't expect quite so many raspberry's.

We wonder why if you don't have to travel during the school holidays you do? Our cruising clan are 80% beyond the age of retirement, and many appear to approaching or beyond eighty. Why do they choose to travel in August when they could in June, July or September, get identical (if not better) weather and spend less money? Liz said it was just like Tesco, plenty of people head there on Friday evenings or Saturdays when they are completely able to go at other times. I hadn't thought of it like that.