Saturday – Final Day on The Voyager

Today has been our final day at sea. Heading down the West coast of Britain, the sea has been rocky, but not quite as bad as some swells that we’ve experienced. We were told when we would be passing Lands End, but the the weather has remained quite claggy, so there really isn’t a lot to see. We had also hoped, once we’d turned the corner, that the sea might calm down; it has a little, but there’s still quite a swell.

This morning, I held the last of my watercolour classes. It was a good turn-out for the ‘Negative Painting’ session, and everybody seemed to enjoy it despite the movement of the ship.

So; my work here is done…

It’s been an interesting two weeks, with some signifcant highlights and a few minor disappointments. We’ve enjoyed being on MV Voyager; it’s much smaller than the Marco Polo, but the Philippino staff have a natural ability to make guests really feel at home (and their crew show last night was thoroughly entertaining). My next cruise assignment is in four weeks time, when we’ll be flying to Piraeus in Greece, to join Swan Hellenic’s Minerva, which is an even smaller ship than the Voyager (with only 350 passengers, compared to the Voyager’s capacity of 540).

Tomorrow, we’ll be back in Portsmouth, and it’s back to work on Monday. I have lots of works-in-progress and a couple of workshops coming up in the next two weeks. Until then, if you’ve been a regular reader of the blog, then I hope you’ve enjoyed sharing this brief adventure wiith me, and I look forward to telling you all about our next trip, to the Black Sea and Istanbul.