We were both woken with a start at around 3.30 am with all sorts of bangs and crashes going on around us.
The thing I notice, on this ship anyway, is that we seem to move from side to side rather than what I expected, up and down in the big waves.
We’re sailing into a South Westerly so the wind is virtually head on.
Anyway, the bang in our case was a water glass hitting the floor and then bouncing around, I had a cursory look around for broken glass but couldn’t find anything, not even the glass!
The noises around from the nearby cabins continued for a while, mostly bottles and we think bathroom doors we think, we eventually got back to sleep.
As I type this first part of our day, after breakfast, it’s 10.15 and we have just received a tannoy warning about being careful moving about, and not going out on the decks.
“Sea sickness pills are available at reception”
So, we’re staying put in the bar (no alcohol ...yet) ,which is a shame because we missed out yesterday on reported whale spottings, with close by sightings, in fact one right under the ship!
Still, I’m sure we have plenty of chances yet to come on our days at sea.
We are currently bouncing around off the coast of Portugal and the town of Braga.
I'll be back later and maybe I'll do a bit about food on board the good ship Magellan
UPDATE 14.25
I had wrongly assumed we were due in to Lisburn at 7pm when it appears we were due in at 7am Sunday morning.
It's just been announced that the port authorities have allowed us early entrance to the port due to worsening weather and sea conditions, so we will be docking tonight at Midnight, rather than having a slow cruise down.
Talk of 12 meter waves soon, currently around 9 meter's and the lifts have been closed!
So, we're hanging on climbing up and down the staircase....
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