Sunday, 25 December 2022

Day 9 - And yet more of the same - December 23rd

I’d ordered the breakfast muffin.  Not a good choice. That is the English style, not the cake.
More of the same? Another medevac whilst the divers laboured on. Once again, we hope the airlifted passenger is OK.
Paula was off colour again but still tested negative.
I ordered two bottled of Schweppes bitter lemon, but what arrived with lunch, were two cans of Lift.  Now Lift has often been my choice of soft drink when Coca Cola wasn’t available, but it didn’t taste ‘normal’.  I suspected they’d used aspartame as  a sweetener and I hate that stuff. No mention of ‘Aspartame’ on the can - but sweeteners 950 & 955. A google search soon showed that there was Aspartame in it. Yeuk. I won’t be buying that again.

Paula managed to grab me a coffee but I don’t think one coffee a day is enough.

The divers finished spot on time at the predicted 5pm, but it was a further 2 hours before we had Bio Security clearance and headed away for another day at sea, en-route for Lyttleton in the south island.

Dinner from the normal menu was a lamb shank but another 30 minutes cooking might have been warranted.
With zero exercise (and yes, of course I could bounce around in the cabin, but no thanks), I’m not eating too much. Paula  even less.
A bit of time on the internet and doing codewords. Some would say that this is what a relaxing holiday should be like. H’mm. No thanks.   
Once again, ready for bed too early.
The last real sea day tomorrow – hopefully, but still two days of quarantine to go.         

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