Two more returnees on the 19th April 2011 when QM2 and Queen Elizabeth ended their world cruises, although American Cunard would have us believe Mary's isn't over. Yes it is, unless you began in New York! Today is a normal transatlantic for the rest of us! Anyway, whoever keeps booking starboard berths for Mayflower is incredibly annoying. It's so much time wasting. Mary was originally starboard, which is fine because she was in Ocean. Instead they changed it so instead of her lording it over us she stuck her fat bum in our direction! Both we due to sail at the usual 4.30pm. The weather was typical for April - sun, wind, chill and haze! I was down waving 16 year old Ben Montgomery off, who I'd got to know through my friend, the late journalist, Steve Read. Well the contrary one decided to start throwing her ropes just before time then the rest ten minutes later, doing the Fat Bum Shuffle as she reversed, in fine voice (for once!) as she signalled going astern. |