There is a post on CC that mentions a strike by Norwegian Pilot Boat Skippers:

http://www.kystverket.no/en/News/Pil...rom-Wednesday/

Hope this is settled fast and does not affect us on Shamrock!

Here is an update. Doesn't sound good, but hopefully this will be settled soon:

http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/captain-greybeard/

Yeah-the strike has been settled.

Mitch, Thanks for keeping us informed. Haven't had time to check it out ourselves. Today the Simpsons, Byrnes and we had a very nice excursion in Cornwall. The weather was much nicer than we expected

Since today was the Captains Welcome Cocktail party, we had a great menu in Compass Rose from which to choose. Gail had duck, I had prime rib after starting with an appetizer portion of fresh red snapper that was very tasty. The Pinot Noir they were pouring was quite good, too.

Tomorrow is Cork, and I think our weather may deteriorate. Gail and I are going on an excursion called "Exclusive Home and Garden Visit" that is supposed to include a special luncheon--not a free excursion.

Signing off for now be cause I don't want to bomb out and lose this.

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Eugene

All sounds wonderful Eugene! For me in hot Fl reading your mail is heaven!

Yes, I am loving this seamail! It sounds like you are off to a good start.
A tip for not losing your email, when you are done typing, highlight the text, right click on it and choose copy. If your message bombs out, you can just paste your message in the box and try again.

A few more details about our excursion yesterday. We took a mini-coach from Falmouth to the King Harry Ferry--a small ferry that takes you across to the Roseland Peninsula. Our guide, "Di" was from the area and she constantly pointed to homes or down roads where her relatives lived--we even spotted her brother's dog outside a pub. (He, the brother, who I think she said was a farmer, was obviously inside.)

We saw a church at St. Just surrounded by subtropical flora. It's a bit odd when you first see palm trees in this area. Despite what they considered to be near drought conditions not long ago, everything looked very lush.

We stopped quite a while at St. Mawes, where we walked around in the partly sunny weather. (The village served as the setting for the television series "Poldark.") The crowds began arriving to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee as it was also a bank holiday, which meant most people had a vacation day. We even saw "the queen" in a small gilded coach and a procession. However, we almost missed a photo opportunity as several of us were ordering clotted cream ice creams for our mid-morning snacks when the procession began.

We had a leisurely ride back to the ship, passing through other small towns, arriving back at about 1:30 PM. It was a very enjoyable excursion and the guide was very good. It has made Gail even more interested in renting a car some time and investigating the whole area over several days. Gail is a real "Doc Martin" fan, by the way.

Trivia consisted of mostly British and Queen's Jubilee related questions, and we didn't do particularly well.

We have just arrived in Cork, Ireland, and it's about 8:00 am, but our excursion actually does't assemble until 10:45 am. I'm afraid the weather will be more problematic today. It's already raining and in the high 50s. It is supposed to go into the low 60s. We're waiting for Ngaire's weather gods to look down upon us.

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Eugene