Tuesday 17th Mar 2020
Very early arrival, berthed alongside, several other ships in port, some appear to be discharging passengers and some just parked.
After some delay all our passengers ending their cruise here got ashore, no-one coming on board. The mood here is really weird, on top of the usual disruption of passenger changes is added the fact that no-one new is arriving. Many passengers who have decided to continue onboard, back to Southampton, rather than fly are moving cabins, not always ones to their liking, long queues trying to sort. There is also the feeling that Cunard seem to have decided the world cruise has finished and we are just an irritant disrupting them while sailing back to Southampton. Hoping Cunard can get back on plan once things settle down a bit.
After lengthy delays sorting paperwork we eventually sailed a little after 1.00pm for Southampton, a distance of 3888 nautical miles. We are taking the short route so it will be back into colder weather much too quickly and the cruise is shortened by a couple of days, we expect Cunard will say the passengers requested a quick finish, can’t imagine who.
Luckily life goes on here with the usual entertainments and the scones are just as good, and the sun is still shining.
This afternoon everyone asked to return to their cabins So they can be counted, Cunard’s bean counters have lost count!
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