Paul's birthday Cruise Day 4 - Friday 2 October 2015 - at sea.

This is the day we should have been cruising through Fiordland but instead we're almost at Wellington.

The clocks have now moved forward an hour on each of the last three nights and it's really making the days a little difficult.  The last two days Paul hasn't woken up until after 9am, which is fine except that by the time we've had breakfast and had our walk around the deck it's getting close to lunch time.  And, we could delay lunch too, except that our dinner seating starts at 5:45pm and that can't really be delayed (not unless we eat somewhere else).

This should be all ok after tomorrow; I think now they won't change the clocks until we're on our way back to Oz.

Problem was solved today by doing even less than yesterday.  The only effort I made was to do 2 miles around the deck today (Paul was only up for one).  Apart from that the biggest energy expense involved using the remote control on the TV (we watched Ice Age: Continental Drift) and pressing buttons on the poker machines.

High point of the evening was at dinner - one of the soups on offer was a cold soup - "Chilled Granny Smith and Cider Soup".  Apart from the apple and cider it also contained yoghurt and calvados (apple brandy) and it was just delicious.  Not that the rest of the meal was bad, far from it, but the soup was exceptional!