Where do I start!

About 4 days before setting sail we received a phone call to say that the cruise had been delayed by 24 hours and that we were sailing from Portland instead of Bristol. This was due to the ship being delayed by bad weather in Portugal. This was acceptable, I would hate to think of any passengers being subjected to adverse weather conditions. ( See later comments ). Anyway, we were told we would be transported to Portland by coach and that food would be provided.

Having arrived at Bristol we all duly boarded our coaches and helped ourselves to our goodie bags, not! A mini bag of Cheddars, an apple and a Penguin bar washed down with a bottle of water was not quite what I expected. Read more