Today marks our sixth consecutive day at sea since leaving Barbados; as we’ve headed east, we’ve adjusted our clock three times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If it seems like not a lot has happened over those six days, then that’s because not a lot has happened. Each day has been a working day for me (except for the first one, before the unexpected change in schedule), classes in the morning followed by lunch followed by working in the cabin during the afternoon. Each evening after dinner has been marked by another episode of Game of Thrones, some reading, a final cup of tea, and then sleeping\u2026 who would have thought doing so little could be so tiring?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The swell has continued, but the seas have remained generally flat. We spent some time up on the front deck this afternoon, but there was nothing to see but sea. Apparently, there have been the odd few sightings of dolphins and distant whales, but nothing like what we experienced in the Pacific Ocean and the Southern hemisphere. It’s definitely getting cooler as we head east, and the wind has been quite strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tomorrow, we are due to arrive in Ponta Delgada, in the Azores. Because it belongs to Portugal, we should be able to use our phone data there, and I plan to gorge on the internet. I have six days of online work to catch up on, not to mention a shedload of blog entries to upload\u2026 this will be one of seven new entries, that I’ve written while we’ve been travelling, but have been unable to update due to the diabolically poor on-board wi-fi. After the third day, I gave up trying altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have only two more classes scheduled for Thursday and Friday, which will be followed by a grand exhibition of art and craft on Friday afternoon. This means that I’ve been rallying people in my group to bring along their work, and create a pile of paintings to exhibit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only five days to go before we are due to arrive back at our starting point, in Bristol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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