Japan and a Windy trip around the British Isles.

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An indestructible gum tree.Gets blown down and grows again.
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Valhalla-a collection of mast heads and other material recovered from shipwrecks around the Scillys.
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The remains of the old friary.Stones from Roman graves still here.
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Back to Valhalla.
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Time to walk back to the landing site.A couple of helicopters had landed.
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The landing strip and executive lounge.
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The sun was peaking through at times and the water looked beautiful.
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The water was very clear.
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That little bit of sun can make all the difference. It’s lovely to see red squirrels.

 

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Lunch.
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Mrsdrron had the trout salad and the 4 cheese pasta and I had the same pasta and the jerk chicken.
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She then had the cherry dessert and I the cheesecake.
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The weather improved as the day went on.We just relaxed in the afternoon after a very good lunch in the MDR.Went back a place at the trivia coming second.I bombed out in the putting competition.

 

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Dinner in the MDR.The menu has 2 pages that remain constant but the first page has changed every night so far.A really good choice and I notice more choice for vegetarians as well.We both had the lobster again.We chose to share a table and once again a delightful night.One fellow was a retired US Admiral who had commanded a US battle group in the first Iraq war.He then was instrumental in setting up the Midway museum in San Diego.Some great conversation.

We both had the carpaccio and then the lobster.
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As usual we once again felt tired so missed the show.In fact Rojan after dinner just has to lie on the bed and she is asleep.

Day 4.No problems with my breakfast order today but I have been terribly disappointed with the bacon.It seems to have either been cooked in water or kept in a hot water bath to keep it warm.It looks anaemic and tastes watery.
Today is Waterford.The sail in.
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Today was spent in Waterford Ireland.Unfortunately being Sunday virtually all the shops were closed.It was pretty quiet with the exception of the Waterford Crystal shop.We didn't bother with the factory tour as it is not where the majority of the product is made.We did look at the shop and have a coffee and a Portugese egg tart each at their cafe.
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And the Waterford shop.
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Some places were crying out for renovation.
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We then walked a little aimlessly around.Not just the main streets but an occasional back alley where the quality of the housing was quite poor.In the areas we went the fast food outlets were mainly pizza and fried chicken.Local Irish delicacies obviously. Murphy's appeared the only Irish food.
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More wisteria.
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When heading for the major shopping area we came upon a little gift shop and gallery.The fellow there that morning was the glassblower.The place was nice and warm with his kiln at full heat.didn't want to leave!
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The main shopping square was dead apart from a preacher man talking about Love.
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About this time the sky became very dark so we decided to get the shuttle back to the Wind.As we boarded it started to rain.
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From the bus.
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We decided to have lunch at the pool grill Shared Mezze plate.Jalepeno steak for me and chicken Caesar salad for mrsdrron.
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We both went back to the suite and slept.I had to wakemrsdrron to get to trivia on time.Second again.A delightful team.I then backed it up by fluking a last shot and come in second in the putting contest.
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You cut a dashing figure as a knight there drron.
Weather seems to have been a bit iffy at times there for you.

 

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It was then time to spruce up and attend the Virtuoso coughtail party in the observation lounge..I scrubbed up pretty well with my pink jacket. But as it was in the Observation lounge I could continue with pics of the sail away in between the champagne and caviar!

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