Blow winds blow my bonny - oh! The Sea legs blog day 2

For the first time in 55 years, I really now do believe we live on a ball of water, held together by gravity and spinning in infinity. Looking out from the balcony a horizon line made up of the pale blue of the sky and the darker blue of the sea, reaches from each extreme of my vision. I can imagine it's actually curved down at the ends and if I was at a higher point I could see it. In fact I’ve convinced myself, sitting here that if I line up that blue/blue horizon line with the horizontal of the balcony rail, I can actually see that curvature of the horizon against the rail, but it’s probably just my varifocals.

As we sail South West it’s warming up. So much for the legendary Bay of Biscay storms; it’s flat calm. On the top deck at lunchtime the breeze blows warm, and the sky is azure blue. Teeming humanity lounges by the jogging track. A vast array of flesh, hair and cellulite, tattoos and piercings come at you from all angles, as the breeze blows you cool. Some are walking, some are jogging, but most are just sitting or lying in the sun, their day job a distant memory or their retired - ex salesman, ex teacher, ex manager lives extending out in front of them.

Getting in to the swing of things a little now, the food and service are what you’d expect from a decent 4-5 star hotel, the choice is wide and the quality is good. Today, inspired by yesterday’s “secrets of a flatter stomach” seminar, we hit the gym. 45 minutes of jogging, rowing and cycling was enough for the first day.

At dinner we are sharing a table with two couples from somewhere North of Peterborough and are looked after by a Turkish head waiter called Riza and his assistant, Moses. (I kid you not)

After dinner we, went to our first show, the sort of affair that you’d get at 6pm on a Saturday night on ITV. A slightly camp “Captain Jack Harkness” look-alike singer and dancer with a team that would have made Bruno from “Strictly” rave, and Len shout “Seven!” The show was based on Fairy tales and very well put together.

Ended the day looking at the moon setting over the water…….glad I brought my binoculars. We have another day’s cruising on Monday, then landfall in Gibraltar on Tuesday.

Beginning to “chill"…….I think I may be issued with my sea legs overnight!