Thursday, April 27. Clear sky, smooth sea. 7 C.
Home in 15 Days.
Our clocks went BACK one hour tonight. We are now on Greenwich Mean Time, [GMT, or Zulu Time as the Military uses. We will have five more changes, back, until we reach Fort Lauderdale two weeks tomorrow
Not much to report, except it is nice to be heading towards slightly warmer weather and to see some blue sky again. I don’t know how long that will last.
The big thing in our life is my darn cold. Today is the third full day of it. Usually, when I get a cold it lasts four or five days, during which time I should not be around people, then, it sort of lingers around for another five days or so with mild symptoms: rarely, it turns to Bronchitis. Ugh!
Today we are cruising along at a leisurely clip between the Shetland and Orkney Islands in Fair Isle Straight, we can see the Shetlands from our stateroom. It is nice to be in what I call Home Waters even though Canada is my homeland. My Father was born in the UK and Fellette’s ‘Grandma Sutherland’ was born on the very Northern tip of Scotland, not far from John 'O Groats up by Castle Mey, often frequented by the Queen Mother. Both Fellette and Craig have visited her birthplace with me, on separate occasions: Grandma Sutherland was at our wedding.
Grandma Sutherland outlived three husbands! She was in the Salvation Army and the regulations were, that if her husband died, and she wanted to remarry, she could only marry a man of equal or higher rank. [The Salvation Army has ‘Ranks’, very similar to regular Army Military ranks.]
A Very Relaxing Day, Way Up North…
Cabin View of what I think are The Shetland Islands.
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