Arrived

Flight was on time and arrived on schedule. We were put on a bus by the aircraft and whisked straight to the ship. On boarding we we given our boarding cards and then made our way to our suite.

Our cases were to follow, so we popped out for a look around the ship, stopping for a drink, it's all inclusive, and a sit in the sun. On the way back to our cabin, we happened upon the buffet restaurant, so had a quick snack. I had a serve yourself beer too. It's only fosters but it's cold and wet. That was a pint and a half and I'd only been on board 90 minutes!

Back in the cabin it became apparent that we have the neighbours from he'll in the next cabin. Not one but two screaming kids, who when they are not screaming, are running up and down. What not. Already having black thoughts of "child overboard". Hoping they are only here for the week and not a fortnight.

Emergency muster drill due any time now.

We've been up 19 hours, so I expect sleep will soon follow.

So ends Day 1.

Don't Panic!

I thought 3.5 hours would be sufficient. I hadn't bargained however, for the crawling M20 and it taking 20 minutes to go one junction. After 50 minutes, we finally hit the M26 but with the M25 to come.

Unusually, the M25 was running freely but the M23 had the dreaded smart motorway roadworks. By this time, what had started out quite a chilled journey, was getting extremely stressful. 

At the car park, Catherine was pleading with the bus driver not to go, whilst I checked Nessa in. I was now confident we would make our flight in time, whilst Catherine's stress level was off the scale.

In the end, we made bag drop in good time but then had a shock when the board said flight delayed. Turned out, that was a different Bridgetown flight.

Panic over, we are now about to board.

Laters.