Up very early to catch Spirit of Discovery heading to Southampton.  Despite constantly checking Marine Traffic, the bugger was incredibly slow so I almost missed the thing.  I did wonder if the buggered Pod had anything to do with that.  Room service breakfast then back to bed until the noon whistle.  I had booked my Diamond lunch in the Verandah while my dad had to pay $25 for his but it was worth every penny for the amount you got.  He went back to the cabin while I put my coat on and headed up in the Lizzie Lift to relax on the games deck.  Sea days are wonderful for mental health, doing as much or as little as you liked.

Before going to dinner we got the Daily Programme from the letter holder and saw there was the Portuguese PLF information as well as where to go for Lisbon testing the day before arrival.  It was Red & Gold night and some really went to town to get into the spirit.  After dinner we headed to the Queens Room for the dancing.  It was Latin so two dances from the resident professionals, Alex and Liuba from Ukraine.  It was to be their final night as they were going home from Cadiz and, like October, they didn't disappoint.  We stayed watching the dancing for a few hours before returning to the cabin.

Cadiz and another lazy day.  Before my health issues, I would have gone into town, or just got off to take photos of the ship.  But with walking even short distances now incredibly painful, resulting in needing to sit after a few minutes, I stayed onboard.  After the usual room service breakfast with added yogurt this time, we went on deck to let the steward do the cabin.  It was another gorgeous day and not too cold.  Disappointingly, by the time we got to Cadiz, most of the laid up ships awaiting dry dock had gone leaving just Coral Princess.  This was the first time I had seen her so at least I finally had a new ship to add to my list.  Id seen her sister Island Princess in Los Angeles before her stern ruination.  Then a nap.

Since we missed lunch we headed to the Queens Room for afternoon tea.  In October it had been in the Britannia Restaurant so we kept forgetting.  Just rested in the afternoon, although I did go on deck for the sunset and we were surrounded by birds flying overhead like a Hitchcock film.  As we were sailing at 8pm, I popped onto the Promenade Deck to get Coral Princess lit up in dry dock while my dad went back to the cabin.  When we'd dropped the pilot, I headed back in.  I had a dolphin watching tour in Gibraltar but returned to a letter saying it was cancelled due to weather.  I kept an eye on Marine Traffic then got into the Lizzie Lift to catch Azamara Pursuit tootling about in the Bay of Cadiz.  She was still waiting to resume service.  Another plus for that games deck was how it was virtually sheltered from the wind. Back in the warm and relaxed until bed.

Gibraltar  Since there wasn't really anything to get up for apart from breakfast, we didn't bother with our arrival, only going outside after we'd eaten.  While it didn't look too bad on the water, the various anchored vessels were further in than usual.  When we went back in, I decided to check out the library.  I'd forgotten in October so was delighted to see books available to borrow as well as communal computers on.  Most lines had resumed many of these normal things with seemingly only Saga holding out despite having a higher passenger percentage than everyone else and crowding them into places where it was impossible to social distance.  This was an even lazier day but we did go for our 2pm sailaway.  It was pretty cold compared to Spain but once we'd lost the signal we went back in.

While my dad decided to have a nap, I popped up to the Commodore Club for a Pepsi and buy a bottle of water.  As I was going on an excursion in Lisbon, I went for my LFT test at ConneXions on Deck 3 by the shops.  The queue was pretty small by 6.30pm. The nurse who canned your card initially said it was been much busier for the earlier sessions.  When you went into the room, your card was scanned again to print off a label, which was put onto the test tube and handed to you.  There were five medical staff doing the tests and the whole thing took around ten minutes.  You were charged $25.