Back on time

Sunday 14th February 11:00 GMT

Not a lot to write home about really, we put the clocks forward last night for the final time and as I look at the tv screen Channel One which charts our cruise path it shows we are just off Brest.
When we left San Miguel last Thursday there appears to have been a bit of a medical incident in the early evening which caused us to turn left around the top of the Islands, effectively starting to turn back. 
When I came back from dinner, we sat and had a light meal with our table companions, I looked at the screen, which I leave permanently on, as I like the music selection that backs it up, and what had been a 17 knot sailing back home in a North Easterly direction showed that we had turned to the west and were travelling at less than 5 knots.
I didn’t think a great deal more of it although, I pointed it out to Pauline.
Anyway to cut the story short, on our return to the cabin after the evening entertainment we were back on course and steaming along at 17 knots again.
Breakfast Friday morning via the grapevine told us that a male passenger had been airlifted off with breathing problems. 
I have to admit I can well believe that, any old’un with a weakness and there are a few, catching hold of the ship's cough could well get in a good deal of breathing trouble.
We don’t get the official line, but funnily enough the original part of the journey up to The Azores from Tilbury is no longer showing, but is showing that we have only been cruising for 974 nautical miles when we’ve travelled over 11000!
I haven’t been keeping you up to date with our health, but Pauline still has her cough, and mine has been at it’s worst for the last two nights. It’s one of those coughs that gives the impression it’s gone, then it comes back.
We put the “Do not disturb notice” outside early this morning to get ourselves a couple more hours sleep.
Not certain what we’ll be doing today, probably much the same as the last three days, reading, eating and drinking, although the last of those activities, at least from my perspective, has been somewhat below normal levels. 
By normal levels, I mean this normal cruise levels.
Must stop drinking out of wet glasses!
Tonight we have the last formal dinner, which will no doubt have a Valentines day theme....God ‘elpus!
So, we’re so near and yet so far, fast approaching the English Channel but not due into Tilbury until 07:00 on Tuesday. 
We’ll be disembarking at 09.00. 
All I have to figure out in the meantime is what were the arrangements to get back to Orsett Hall for the motor. 11:30