Day 2: at sea

Another sea day and another change of clocks. Iceland is 2 hours different from UK so we have had a one hour shift in times over the past two days.

We're moving into permanent daylight too which is odd to say the least.

Each time I've been this way in the past it has been late in the year just before the heavy snowfall so I am used to leaf fall, crisp dark mornings and short is daylight days; much like the UK in December only colder, but this time it's more mosquitoes, lush grass and crisp mornings. Yes, even at this time of year the wind is bone chilling and pulls in the cold from higher into the arctic and of course, Alaska. 

The day itself past remarkably quickly, but that was due to really good company. 

Shirley, who I met on the previous cruise is such a fascinating woman and we really do hit it off. Sea days are therefore one long natter, punctuated by time to ourselves, me off to the Spa for a swim and lecture hall speakers.

Today (day 3) we have two more talks one at 10.30 am and the next at 2pm. Those plus my regular swim and walk and the days swiftly pass.