{"id":12319,"date":"2025-10-07T15:50:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/?p=12319"},"modified":"2025-10-07T20:11:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T20:11:40","slug":"tuesday-7-october-north-sea-en-route-to-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/07\/tuesday-7-october-north-sea-en-route-to-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday 7 October, North Sea en route to England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Very entertaining show last night, as seen on the West End,\u00a0<em>Pride and Prejudice (sort of).<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Our dining companions this week had warned us off it as being not very good and full of gratuitous bad language. It\u2019s an irreverent version of the story we know and love, performed by five women who take on several roles each. It\u2019s also a musical, with famous pop tunes. The performers are very talented.<br \/>\nWent straight to bed after dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Our last full day on board is a sea day. My timetable had a couple of clashes which was upsetting, but I decided to go to another Zumba session since I\u2019ve been enjoying them so much. I fitted in the last astronomy talk on space telescopes but couldn\u2019t find time for the last spy talk, which was on trade craft. Hopefully they replay it on tv before we arrive tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>I also made time for a Pilates class, my first ever. Unlike Zumba, it wasn\u2019t cardio to music, but rather strength training. It was really tough and I\u2019ll be aching all over tomorrow. I\u2019m sure it was good for me but it wasn\u2019t much fun.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s now early evening and we\u2019re back in our happy place, up above the bow on deck 12, the Commodore Club. As I sip my cocktail, in my posh dress, listening to the saxophone player, looking out at the view, and reading my book on the history of cod, I\u2019m feeling very satisfied with my holiday. Thank goodness Simon\u2019s health allowed it to happen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Very entertaining show last night, as seen on the West End,\u00a0Pride and Prejudice (sort of).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8Ukf-3cH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12269,"url":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/at-sea-october-2nd-thursday\/","url_meta":{"origin":12319,"position":0},"title":"At sea October 2nd Thursday","author":"Interloper11","date":"October 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Best night yet for seeing the aurora. 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