Yesterday
I had booked a session with the Physio in the Spa for a massage of my right
leg, anyways that’s my excuse, to try and get my leg walking again properly. So
after breakfast whilst Jennifer was rushing up and down the ship looking for
empty washing machines and spin dryers Noel did some walking around the
promenade to help loosen up the leg muscles in advance of the massage.
Come
the appointed time I entered the peace of the Spa and all was going well with
the massage by a nice young Dutch lady until she found an area on my right calf
which after a little pummelling hurt like hell. She decided this is the pace to
really start work and so for about 40 minutes she rubbed, pushed and pounded my
calf and with the odd pitiful cries of a full grown man saying through his
teeth that everything was fine. After an hour of leg massage I could just about
make it back to the cabin but ten minutes later my leg seemed to be improving
and so off to lunch we went.
The
afternoon was part Jennifer ironing and Noel doing some promenade walking and
then we both came back to the cabin for a rest before another Black Tie
function. We are booked at the Grill Room tonight with a table for two which
will be nice and we went there the first night on board and though the food was
very good indeed.
Saw
on the Sky News this morning that the SFR had risen 30% which caused a panic
for me in view of my KN shares but after eventually getting on line I found
that the change was against the Euro but the SFR against the £ 1.000 had
dropped from 1.54 down to 1.32 so that Ok for me although the companies shares
also dropped but by only a smallish amount. The dropping Oil price is good for
car owners but not good for the Oil Companies who have screwing the UK
population for years and I don’t believe that 6 oil companies operating in different
territories and using different transport and refining processes can end up being
the same price on the forecourt unless there was some collusion.
I
also haven’t seen any comments re Oil prices and what this would have done to
the Scottish bid for independence and I bet they would have been extremely
worried had it got through and no doubt asking for forgiveness and can they
re-join the UK- I don’t think so!
The
weather today has been around 22 degrees and a mixture of bright sun this
morning but clouding this afternoon. Our cabin get the morning and early
afternoon sun for the time being which
is great although it can be a little hot on the balcony when you are not used
to it.
The WiFi on the ship is expensive and slow but somehow I am still trying to communicate
re our pond filter which has a problem and also some changes to our finances
where we have put all the investments under a portal which enable easy access
to information although this has taken a little longer to set up due to delays
by pension companies.
The
dinner at the Ocean Grill was good again and it was a little busier than the
first time we tried it. From there we went to the theatre to see the Paul
Robeson look alike who did a pretty good job until he went in to the audience and
getting people to dance with him, why do they feel they need to do this?
We
both felt taking off our finery and slumping in Jim Jams and so we watched a
DVD called ‘Another Year’ which by the end was totally depressing but an
interesting watch with some good acting.
And
so to bed and we lose another hour again tonight
