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Today was the second of our sea days, and the second of my watercolour workshops. The theme was ‘Tone and Composition’, so I gave them a tonal study to do, based upon a photograph of Tallinn, in Estonia, where we’ll be arriving tomorrow. The monochrome study, painted entirely in Paynes Grey, went down well, and the results, overall, were encouraging....

Today, we arrived in Warnemunde, in Germany. Our first job of the day was to try and get Tracey online. Yesterday evening we had a devil of a time trying everything we could to get Tracey’s laptop to connect to the ship’s wi-fi, with absolutely no success whatsoever. As soon as we’d arrived in port, and immediately after breakfast, we...

Apparently, word is; London has been enjoying a bit of a heatwave today, while Copenhagen felt like a cold, wet weekend in Newcastle. We thought we’d taken sensible precautions against the weather by togging ourselves up in fleeces and winter hats, but that didn’t do much against the downpour that inflicted itself upon us as he headed towards the city...

Having enjoyed smooth seas throughout the whole day, yesterday, we both experienced a minor tinge of anxiety yesterday evening when the engineer chappie came into the cabin to batten down the hatches. Despite our protestations, he assured us that we weren’t heading for rough weather and that closing the hatch covers was merely a precaution… yeah right. In his defence,...

Today was our first day at sea, which means work; the first of my watercolour workshops. At the Assistant Cruise Directors’ meeting last night, a couple of things were quickly established. Firstly, that I am the only art/craft instructor on board. This is significant for a couple of reasons; mostly, because I have the craft room to myself. On all...