We had a tour booked, which meant an early start. Jane decided she didn’t want to get up for breakfast and ordered room service instead. I, on the other hand, was never going to miss out on a bit of silver-service attention. Unfortunately, I was woken at some ungodly hour
Year: 2026
We had another tour booked for our visit to Katakolon — one I’d done before — to visit the ancient site of Olympia. There was no messing about with pre-registering in the Queen’s Room or theatre on this cruise; you simply turned up at the dockside at 09:35 with your
It was nice to have a lie-in with the clocks going back overnight. It did add a little complication with the technology though — which of the many timepieces do you trust: phone, watch, computer, or the clock on the wall? Rather than relying on automatic updates, I set my
The room was rattling and squeaking all night, so when I woke at about 04:50 it took me ages to get back to sleep. I eventually resorted to digging out the Kindle and reading a couple of chapters of my latest novel before my eyes finally started to droop again.