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Have you still got both legs this morning?

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Just about. Managing to limp around.

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I've not been able to login in but today its let me!
So my first deed is to wish Stephen well 😁

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Hello stranger and thanks. :thumbup:

The knee is stiff as board today but I'll try and pull through.

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Hmm. Does your surgeon operate on other body parts? Asking for a friend.....

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For a price. Cash only, no cheques in case it goes wrong and you end up like me……..limp

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Well that's another cruise booked.

I was dithering but got egged on by the boss, so that was it.

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Who, where, what?

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P&O - Ventura - N328

After the year we've had we just wanted to get away.

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It's years since we did a Canaries cruise. I think we'll be due in the next year or two. Great to escape the autumn/winter.

D deck?

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Nothing going on D, had to plump for C so not all bad with the bigger balcony. Mid-ships as well, just, which surprised me this near to sailing. Probably a duff’n knowing my luck :D .

Compo forms at the ready.

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Get it filled in before you go. Don't want to waste holiday time.

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So has Moby got a replacement yet?

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Hip? Wife? Motorbike?

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I was thinking along the lines of knee after all the grovelling he did with David :D

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Maybe just trousers if he's worn out the knees?

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Rather mild today.
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Just above freezing in old money.

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I didn't know this until I read it recently.

Ocean Terminal at Southampton, berths 46/47, where Iona and Arvia sail from, along with other ships, stands on one side of Ocean Dock.

It was formerly known as White Star Dock and was specially built to accommodate their Olympic class ships.

And opposite berths 46/47 on the other side of the Dock are berths 44/45, where Olympic and subsequently Titanic sailed from.

The actual bollards to which Titanic was secured are still there and painted orange to highlight them. These days that side is used for cargo ships.

I've sailed on two Maiden Voyages from Ocean Terminal. Luckily they went better than Titanic's!

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That is surprising you did not know the history of Ocean dock. But it's nice to mention it to a fellow cruiser who also is oblivious to the fact that the biggest ship of its time sailed from here to take most of the passengers and crew to the bottom of the ocean.
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Of course her near identical older sister Olympic sailed successfully from 1911 to 1935, including a period as a troop ship. It was economics that ended her career, rather than an iceberg.

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Not allot of people know that

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Finally at the hotel before our cruise tomorrow. The worst journey I have ever known. Horrendous.

What should have taken just under two and a half hours took four. Bl**dy M25 :evil:

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I dreadful the M25 if we have to use it, but do enjoy now the relaxation can begin.
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:thumbup: .

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